Tananarive Due’s novel shows the horrors of Jim Crow south
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 14, 2023
The author Tananarive Due wrote a haunted, terrifying horror novel where the people are much scarier than the ghosts.
Her book, The Reformatory, is historical fiction about the infamous Dozier School for Boys in North Florida. Real boys were sent there to the brutal work camp and prison that was disguised as a reform school. They were whipped. Some were killed. And many times, they were buried out back in unmarked graves.
That’s a horror story that’s hard to top, except Due's great-uncle was sent there. And he never came home . . .
