And so I wanted to write a book that, you know, it's going to be-all the terrible things about slavery are gonna be there but in the end you know that your main character is not only gonna survive but is going to thrive.īATES: That character is a young slave boy who's referred to by number, as are all the slaves on his Georgia plantation. They're afraid because they don't want to identify with the main characters because it's just too heartbreaking to do. WALTER MOSLEY (Author, "47"): Many black people, young and old, are afraid to read about slavery. `Slavery,' says Walter Mosley, `is something virtually all black Americans know about from childhood.' But it's a subject that's hard to talk about, and even read about. And a warning: This story contains language that may offend some listeners. Our own Karen Grigsby Bates spoke with Mosley about the novel and has this report. But last year Mosley took a break from mysteries to write "47." It's a book about young people about slavery. Author Walter Mosley is best-known for his Easy Rawlins mystery series about an amateur sleuth who solves murders in Los Angeles.
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