Historical textbooks and fiction novels generally are two objects that do not have anything to do with each other. The information found in a history textbook is supposed to tell the story of history as accurately and with as little bias as possible. When writing a fiction novel, even one based on history, the author has the freedom to distort the truth to their liking. However, this is not done in Octavia Butler's science fiction novel Kindred, as it accurately describes life for an African-American in the Antebellum South. Throughout the novel, it shows the gruesomeness of slavery, and does so very vividly. While reading the novel, there are many times that the reader is forced to stop reading and think about how horrible it must have been to be in bondage. That type of feeling, obtained only while reading a novel, is not found at any moment...