NYT Notable Books 2021: 21/100

This was a fascinating read I never would have come across without the NYT list, so I'm grateful to have found it. Through his research, Smith visits eight significant sites related to American slavery. Each site offers new insight and a new part of the history of slavery and Smith's story is told well. I especially appreciated that he went out of his way to speak with people, Black, white, old, young, like him or not to get their insights into the place. Obviously some of these conversations must have been uncomfortable but they added so much perspective to the book that might have been otherwise lost.