The breathtaking book, Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis, throws twists and turns at you in many ways. During the 1600s, slavery began. This was a time period when Caucasian Americans commenced purchasing African Americans for the sole purpose of slavery. This forced black Americans to do things that they didn’t want to do such as working on farms and cleaning homes for no money. In the novel, eleven-year-old Elijah had to go through his family being separated and slavery occurred. In the book, we were introduced to the preacher. Previously in the book, the preacher was a very kind man always protected everyone until the final end of the book when the preacher went missing and that's when things got twisted. In the novel, it discusses
