NightJohn
A Slavery Book
What NightJohn is about
Nightjohn is a book about a slave, (sarny) who was born into slavery and John a slave who is attempting to teach sarny the Alphabet. This book also shows the hardships that slave endured during Slavery.
Setting
This book takes place in the southern united states in the 1850's
The Main Characters
Sarny
This is the main character, this is the person who we read the book as.
Waller
This is the slave owner who own everybody and causes the conflict in the book.
John
This is the slave that Waller was walking back with, also who is teaching Sarny and others the alphabet.
Summary Of The Book.
Summary of Nightjohn
The book is set on the Waller plantation in the southern unites states in the 1850s. The narrator of the story is a young (12 yrs old) slave named Sarny. Sarny first meets Nightjohn when he was bought by waller in chains, completely naked and covered In scars. Nightjohn had successfully escaped to the North but came back despite his freedom to go around to plantations and teach people the alphabet.