Can We Trust?

Can we trust Julius Lester who wrote To Be A Slave and the information in the book?
I think that we can trust the information in To Be A Slave. I think so because Julius Lester is a well known and liked author who has written other outstanding books. Another reason why I think the information in To Be A Slave is true because he used entries from other trusted books and he interviewed people who were slaves and asked them about their own experience. Also, he cited all the passages, which gives them credit and we could find out if it is true. Lester also has ancestors who were slaves, which makes him understand everything better because in his own family the same or similar thing happened. My last reason is that all books go through editing processes and if they found out that the information was invalid, they wouldn't allow the book to be published. In conclusion, I think that the information in To Be A Slave is trustworthy because of these reasons that I just discussed.