The woeful tale of racial oppression of black people in 1940's United States. Grant Wiggins has escaped the plantation by going to school and getting an education. Simple Jefferson, on the other hand, does not have the opportunity, and so lives a life very close to that of his slave ancestors. One day Jefferson is in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnesses the murder of a white person for which he is ultimately wrongfully convicted. While on death row Grant is pressured to visit Jefferson. The time they spend together shows Grant that Jefferson is actually a freer man than he is, because he is ultimately able to throw off the shackles of oppression and meet his end with his head held high. This is a freedom that will always elude Grant.
The author drew heavily on his own life experience, as he was born on a plantation but managed to escape through school.
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