Short Story:Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing (Stephen Vincent Benét)

Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing

By Stephen Vincent Benét, first published in The Saturday Evening Post

Author

Stephen Vincent Benét

Published in

The Saturday Evening Post

Year

1940

Words

7500

Read online

The Saturday Evening Post Free

Genres

HistoricalComing-Of-AgeTravel NarrativeHistorical Fiction

Tags

Race RelationsBlack AmericanBlackHappy EndingPower And AuthorityRaceThird Person NarrativeSlavery