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ANSWERING THE CRY FOR FREEDOM
STORIES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
| By: |
Gretchen Woelfle, R. Gregory Christie (Illus) |
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Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
162979306X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781629793061 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDS MILLS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
4 October, 2016 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Thirteen African-American men and women who spoke up for freedom in the American Revolution are profiled in this work. |
| Synopsis: |
The lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War are highlighted in this nonfiction book for young readers by Gretchen Woelfle, illustrated by Caldecott-Honor winning artist R. Gregory Christie. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth ? Mumbet" Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee. Includes individual bibliographies and timelines, author note, and source notes. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Boyds Mills Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017
Winner of Chicago Public Library, Best of the Best Books 2016
Winner of Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Books 2016 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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