William Johnson, a slave who was freed, started out as a barber and eventually owned several barber shops, rental property, a farm, and timberland; he also kept a lengthy personal diary that offers insights into life in the pre-Civil War South and relations between whites and free blacks.
"Blind Date with a Book."
Bookstores, libraries, and book lovers wrap books in paper (often brown kraft paper) and write only the first sentence, genre, or a few key descriptive tropes on the outside to encourage people to read without judging by the cover.