#cs malerich

The Factory Witches of Lowell looks at using witchcraft on the picket line to force managers to establish better working conditions in Massachusetts's mills. The concept itself, of using magic to help a union, is interesting, but unfortunately the concept is overshadowed by the fact that it's difficult to tell any of the background characters apart and that the author makes some truly dehumanizing comments made throughout the book with regards to slavery (the novella is set in the early 1800s). Likening Black people who are enslaved to domesticated animals and implying that they can't be intelligent or use their intelligence because they're slaves was so jaw-dropping that I had to reread to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding.