Uncle Mose Alabama Slave Narratives: Choosing Your Oppressor

So you're about 9-years-old and called to the Big House on the Master's plantation and asked to pick the person who will be your lifelong master/oppressor. The choices are the sons of the owner of the plantation. That's what this journey is about reading the recollections of Uncle Mose of having to make that choice. The Blackman Who Reads-Aloud continues his personal journey reading the recollections of our black ancestors who were held in bondage and oppression.