To be a slave
Record details
- ISBN: 0803789556
- ISBN: 9780803789555
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Physical Description:
160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Dial Press, ©1968.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Author's note -- Prologue -- [ch.] 1. To be a slave -- [ch.] 2. The auction block -- [ch.] 3. The plantation -- [ch.] 4. Resistance to slavery -- 1 -- [ch.] 5. Resistance to slavery -- 2 -- [ch.] 6. Emancipation -- [ch.] 7. After emancipation -- Epilogue -- Bibliography. |
Summary, etc.: | A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. |
Target Audience Note: | 7-10 8.0 Follett Library Resources |
System Details Note: | 1969 Newbery Honor Book. 1969 Newbery Honor Book. |
Awards Note: | Newbery Honor Book, 1969. Newbery Honor Book, 1969. |
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Rowayton Library | 326 LES (Text) | 33625000244603 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |