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Author
Publisher
37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"--
Series
Publisher
Harper Collins
Pub. Date
©2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, who spoke out against slavery in the United States and saved hundreds of African Americans by leading them North on the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813. Her tale gains its importance from her descriptions, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her life-and the life of every other black female slave. As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr. Flint....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA. His autobiography details his experiences as a slave and is considered the most famous such work, though many similar were written by his contemporaries. This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement, in which Douglass was an important figure.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"A National Book Award Finalist for Non-Fiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom. Now in a Young Readers Edition"--
17) Slave narratives
Series
Library of America volume 114
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
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