In the book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, it is important that this book is truth because it let people understand that this is something that actually happened, not just an interpretation that could be made into any thing they wanted to be.  There are many books based off of true life events, but are created stories to replicate what actually happened.  With this people can then choose that it is fiction, and use the fact that it's a fictional story as a base for it not actually happening.  The fact that this is a real story, lets people connect on a more emanational level because this girl actually lived at one time.  It leaves little room for one to say that the story is not credible, and gives a first hand story on what actually happened in our history.  It is also important that the author did not clean up the stories because it takes away from the truth of history.  These stories are vital for us to hear and read about uncensored, because they are apart of our history, and people need to be correctly educated on what our country has done to people without the sugar coating.