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A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America ... 61 reviews
Patricia C. Mckissack
Scholastic, 2003
Wonderful
+ A testament to a young slave's tenacity in hard times
+ This is the most incredible book...
+ A book that waill blow you away
+ Exciting, Traumatic, and Something Worth Re-reading
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Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (Dear America ... 9 reviews
Patricia C. Mckissack
Scholastic Inc., 2004
What an exciting adventure
+ a great book
+ Look to the Hills
+ A nice novel
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)17 reviews
Carole Boston Weatherford
Hyperion Book CH, 2006
BEAUTIFUL book!
+ Do you think you have ENOUGH books about Harriet Tubman?
+ Moses aka Harriet Tubman
+ Inspirational
+ Moses : When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
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Welcome to Addy's World, 1864: Growing Up During America's Civil War (American Girls Collection)5 reviews
Susan Sinnott
American Girl, 1999
Of Course It's about Slavery
+ How dare a book about a slave focus on slavery
+ Wonderful Book
+ Great Book!
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Sojourner Truth
Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Aladdin, 2003
What do you do when you don't have a home or a family to call your own anymore? Eleven-year-old Abigail is not entirely sure how she'll find it, but after losing her mother to smallpox and her father to the sea, she knows that it is up to her to build a new life for herself and her little brother, Seth. But carving a future out of the harsh realities of life in Wiscasset, a nineteenth-century ...
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Meet Addy: An American Girl (The American Girls Collection Book 1) 44 reviews
Connie Porter
Pleasant Company, 1993
A Brave Girl...Nakaissia's Review
+ Wonderful
+ American Girl
+ An Adventure By: EG from North Boulevard
+ Meet Addy
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Once on this River1 review
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1998
Great book!
This book is about a girl named Monday. She thinks her mother is a free midwife. But when she and her mother go to America from Madagascar to prove Monday's uncle isn't a slave, Monday learns she is really Easter, the daughter of a slave woman, and that she was given to her "mother" so she would ...
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. . . If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America6 reviews
Anne Kamma, Pamela Johnson
Scholastic Inc., 2004
Surprisingly comprehensive
+ Educational tool for children
+ If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America by Anne Kamma & Pamela Johnson
+ Honestly answers some very difficult questions.
+ Great for Intercultural Communication in ESL
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Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway Slave16 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Simon Pulse, 2004
Wonderful!
+ LET FREEDOM RING
+ History
+ Different angle of slavery.
+ Where's My Freedom
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Evie Peach3 reviews
Kathleen Duey
Aladdin, 1997
I loved it!
+ An excellant addition to the series.
+ Great Book!!
This book is about Evie Peach, a free black girl in St. Louis. The day has finally come! Her Papa has saved up to buy Mama freedom. But being free is dangerous, especially when your Irish neighbors are your worst enemy.
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The Journey of Hannah: From the Sea Islands to America (Immigrant's Chronicles #3)3 reviews
Wanda Luttrell
Chariot Victor Publishing, 1999
My daughter loved The Journey of Hannah
+ I loved it
+ Marvelous!
I purchased this book for my daughter at a school book fair, and insisted that she read it because I felt it was important for her to understand the history of slavery, from a child's perspective. Before she finished reading it, she had to sit and tell me almost every detail of the story of ...
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Silent Thunder10 reviews
Andrea Pinkney
Hyperion Book CH, 2001
good book!
+ Silent Thunder , A review by Lisa C.
+ One of my favorites
+ My Thoughts of Silent Thunder
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Caesar's Story: 1759: YOUNG AMERICANS Colonial Williamsburg (Colonial Williamsburg(R))3 reviews
Joan Lowery Nixon
Yearling, 2002
Slavery's scars, without sentimentality.
+ Good read for young history lovers.
+ What a great addition to the Young Americans series!
This, the second in the Colonial Williamsburg Young Americans series, is the story of a slave boy who moves from Carter's Grove Plantation to Williamsburg when his young master attends the grammar school at the College of William and Mary. This brief tale of mid-seventeenth life is fast-paced ...
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A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War: The Diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)1 review
Charlotte L. Forten
Blue Earth Books, 1998
A valuable glimpse at 19th century African American life
I first encountered Charlotte Forten Grimke as an adult, when I read the hefty (more than 600 pages) edition of her journals published as part of the Schomburg Library of 19th Century Black Women Writers. I was captivated by her inquisitive mind and vivacious spirit, which clearly came through in ...
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History21 reviews
Jennifer Armstrong
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006
Share our nation's stories
+ Great Resource
+ Great history! Fun to read.
+ Pac-Man and Kennewick Man!?
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Numbering All the Bones19 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Hyperion Book CH, 2005
Wowzer
+ Numbering the Bones
+ Numbering all the bones
+ Numbering all the bones
+ Numbering All The Bones
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Children's Encyclopedia of American History (Smithsonian) (Smithsonian Institution)8 reviews
David C. King
DK CHILDREN, 2003
Well balanced presentation, beautiful pictures
+ Good for everyone
+ A Great Resource for Young Learners!
I am a conservative Christian looking for the right history book to homeschool my kids. I read this DK Children's Encyclopedia from beginning to end, and I find it acceptable over all in content presentation. Another reviewer here says the book is too liberal, but I disagree; I think Mr. King ...
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Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl2 reviews
Mildred Pitts Walter
Scholastic, 1996
Harsh historical realities told in vivid detail.
+ Good Book
I live just a few short miles from the historical homsestead where Mum Bett served as a slave, and yet I did not know her story until I met Mildred Pitts Walter at a convention. This story does not simply tell of the cruelities of slavery, but more than any other children's book on this subject, ...
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Wolf By The Ears (Point)68 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1993
Great book
+ Wolf by the Ears
+ Taking the wolf by the ears and giving it a little shake...
+ Escaping the Velvet Trap
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Who Owns the Sun?8 reviews
Stacy Chbosky
Landmark Editions, Inc., 2004
Who Owns the Sun?
+ Great!
+ Who Owns the Sun?
+ This is a book that stays with you
+ Exceptional book
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