Title:
Answering the cry for freedom : stories of African Americans and the American Revolution / Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
ISBN:
9781629793061
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents:
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 -- Jarena Lee.
Summary:
Step into the shoes of thirteen men and women of color, and discover how the American Revolution rattled the chains of slavery. Woelfle examines the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence. By doing so they expanded the boundaries of freedom beyond the Founding Fathers' intentions.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 7 185709
Genre:
Added Author:
Audience:
Ages 9-12.
OCLC Number:
ocn936534474
Availability:
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