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Language
English
Description
Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, Northup published...
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools--most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama--to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps....
Author
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called 'Ashley's Sack,' embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
NC 930L
Physical Desc
59 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her familys love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidanceand its light helped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom too" --
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of James Lafayette, a slave who spied for George Washington's army during the American Revolution. But while America celebrated its newfound freedom, James returned to slavery. His service hadn't qualified him for the release he'd been hoping for. For James the fight wasn't over; he'd already helped his country gain its freedom, now it was time to win his own.
Author
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The founding of America was not accomplished by a handful of people; it required the heart, soul, and grit of an entire nation. Today, we rightfully honor the efforts of the Founding Fathers, but what about everyone else who sacrificed for the cause? Introducing 'Forgotten Founders', the inspiring book of stories about the heroic women, African Americans, Native Americans, immigrants, and others who played pivotal roles in America's birth. Make no...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
Author
Publisher
Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone will inspire children to be brave and make a difference. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that most Americans had never heard of the holiday that represents the nation's creed of "freedom for all.""--
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone celebrates...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
1140L
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Capital Days spans more than sixty years of American history, highlighting a period of immense change in our country and its capital, much of it witnessed by Michael Shiner, a true American original who lived in Washington, D.C. [from approximately 1804 to 1880]. Born enslaved but eventually able to secure his freedom, the bold and daring Shiner, who worked at the Washington Navy Yard for many years, left behind a journal in which he recounted numerous...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This sweeping biography immortalizes the man who was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in an epic tale of courage and bravery in the face of unimaginable trials. Josiah Henson overcame incredible odds to escape from slavery and improve the lives of hundreds of freedmen throughout his long life. He found international fame--including visits to Windsor Castle and the White House--as the real "Uncle Tom" in the novel that...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books ; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Mariner Books edition.
Physical Desc
x, 260 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bettye Kearse -- a descendant of an enslaved cook and, according to oral tradition, President James Madison -- shares her family story and explores the issues of legacy, race, and the powerful consequences of telling the whole truth."--
For thousands of years, West African griots and griottes have recited the stories of their people. Because of this, Kearse learned she is a descendant of President James Madison and his slave-- and half-sister--...
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.
19) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
See how Harriet Tubman impacted humanity, shaped the world, and changed the course of history.