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Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence"--
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Martha Tom crosses the Bok Chitto River into the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory she meets Lil Mo, an enslaved boy whose mother is about to be sold, so Martha convinces Lil Mo's family to cross the river and be free.
8) Choke point
Author
Series
Grace Chu and John Knox novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2013], �2013
Language
English
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"--
10) Up from slavery
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Booker T. Washington's memoir traces his life, starting from his birth into slavery in Virginia and journeying through his education at the Hampton Insitute as well as his presidence of the Tuskegee Institute.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people. But behind this dazzling facade lies a disturbing story of historys largest-ever slave population. Astonishingly Brazil, a Portuguese colony, received ten-times more African slaves than the numbers transported to North America. This programme looks at those estimated 4 million people with whose blood, sweat...
14) Yonder: a novel
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-nineteenth century"--
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013], �2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents an analysis of the president's lesser-known roles as a slave owner, sharing the experiences of the slave cooks, overseers, house workers, and farm hands at Mount Vernon while exploring how slave ownership shaped Washington's views.
Author
Series
I survived volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way north alone -- they're marching with the army. But then orders...
Author
Series
Matthew Corbett mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1703. The place: the Carolina settlement of Charles Town. Matthew Corbett, professional "problem solver," has accepted a lucrative, if unusual, commission: escorting a beautiful woman to a fancy dress ball. What should be a pleasant assignment takes a darker turn when Matthew becomes involved in a murder investigation. A sixteen-year-old girl has been stabbed to death on the grounds of a local plantation. The suspected killer is a slave...
20) The house girl
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the "perfect plaintiff" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves.
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