| Edition |
30th anniversary ed. |
| Descript |
160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Audience |
1080L Lexile |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160). |
| Awards |
Newbery Honor Book, 1969. |
| Summary |
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. Paired with historical commentary and powerful paintings, Julius Lester's book presents what it felt like to be a slave in America through the words of black men and women who lived it rather than filtering through the eyes of others. |
| Contents |
Thirty years of To Be a Slave -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- To be a slave -- The auction block -- The plantation -- Resistance to slavery 1 -- Resistance to slavery 2 -- Emancipation -- After emancipation -- Epilogue. |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 5.0 7123. |
| Subject |
Slaves -- United States -- Quotations.
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Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
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Slaves.
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Slave trade.
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| Genre |
Paper case bindings.
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Book jackets.
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Quotations.
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| Subject |
Biography.
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| Add Author |
Feelings, Tom, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0803723474 |
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9780803723474 |
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