Walter Johnson's Soul By Soul

In the book Soul by Soul, authored by Walter Johnson, Johnson explores the “Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market” by explaining how the slave holders did things and describes the day to day life, events and experiences of the slaves during the nineteenth century. The author divides the antebellum from the conflicting views of traders, slaveholders, and most of all slaves. Johnson writes what really happened without any remorse, he utilizes evidence such as; journals and narratives. Walter Johnsons main argument is the different point of views from the buyer and the product that is being sold which was in human form.
Johnson contends with sources such as narratives from interviews escaped slaves, former slaves, and the author emphasizes the