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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Josiah Henson was born into slavery in La Plata, Maryland, and auctioned off as a child to pay his owner's debt. After numerous trials and abuse, he earned the trust of his slaveholder by exhibiting intelligence and skill. Daringly, he escaped to Canada with his wife and children. There he established a settlement and school for fugitives and repeatedly returned to the United States to help lead others to freedom along the Underground Railroad. He...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
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Series
Publisher
Modern Library, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In clear and unshrinking prose, Harriet Jacobs--writing under the pseudonym Linda Brent--relates the story of her girlhood and adolescence as a slave in North Carolina and her eventual escape: a bildungsroman set in the complex terrain of a sexist, white supremacist society. Resolutely addressing women readers rather than men, Incidents in the life of a slave girl seeks to make the reader understand how the threat of sexual violence shapes the lives...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 2 & 3
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Picture Books Biographies: Black Americans
Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Picture Books Biographies: Black Americans
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In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was married and had her first child. By age 68, she had worked numerous jobs, including cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and selling sandwiches to raise money for her church. At 114, she was the last remaining member of her family. And at 116, she learned to read. From Rita Lorraine Hubbard and rising star Oge More comes the inspirational story of Mary Walker,...
10) The life of Frederick Douglass: a graphic narrative of a slave's journey from bondage to freedom
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"En 1848, Mary Walker nació siendo esclava. A los 15 años fue liberada. A los 20, se casó y tuvo su primer hijo. A los 68 aún trabajaba y recogía dinero para su iglesia. A los 114, era el último miembro de su familia que aún vivía. A los 116 años, Mary Walker aprendió a leer. Nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender."--
"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who...
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
A compilation of 12 first-person accounts of the runaway slave phenomenon spanning eight decades. Told in the voices of the runaway slaves themselves, these narratives reveal the extraordinary and often innovative ways that these men and women sought freedom and demanded citizenship. Also included is an essay by UCLA history professor Brenda Stevenson that contextualizes these narratives, as well as a look into the daily life of a slave. Divided into...
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