Do you want to know how African Americans were treated in the south after American Slavery? If so, this is a must read, this book is one of the most popular novels written by Ida B. Wells. Southern Horrors, as one reviewer said, it is an eye-opening book that provokes many emotions and kept me very interested!Southern Horrors is a nonfiction novel by Ida B. Wells. This novel takes place in the southern United States and tells the horrors of the south.