In this book there was three major sources of conflict. Slavery, debt, and Thomas Jefferson. Slavery was an issue for many of the characters in this story. Considering most of the characters were slaves, the slavery issue received a lot of harsh feelings. Beverly, Harriet, Maddy, and Eston would one day be free on their twenty-first birthday. There was some issues along Mulberry Row when it came to this. It seemed unfair to all of the other slaves. Not only this, but slavery was just a horrible thing in general. Many of the children in those times thought that slavery was just a normal thing. Their ancestors and family had been a part of it for a long time. This led to that assumption. Slavery was not a normal thing though. Perfectly equal
