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To be a slave  Cover Image Book Book

To be a slave / Julius Lester ; paintings by Tom Feelings.

Lester, Julius. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780803723474
  • ISBN: 0803723474
  • Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 30th anniversary ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Dial Books, [1998]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160).
Target Audience Note:
Young Adult
1080 Lexile.
Awards Note:
Newbery honor, 1969.
Subject: Slaves > United States > Quotations.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Slaves > Juvenile literature.
Slave trade > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Madison Co PL - Frankton Comm. Library FIC LES (Text) 30419200329395 Y.A. Paperback Available -
North Webster Comm. PL - North Webster 326 LES (Text) 72436000105611 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Peabody PL - Columbia City TEEN NF HISTORY SLAVERY LESTER (Text) 30403000950428 Young Adult - Non-Fiction Temporarily Unavailable -
Westville-New Durham Twp PL - Westville j306.362 L (Text) 71462000016245 Juv Nonfiction Available -

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Thirty Years of To Be a Slave 3(13)
Author's Note 13(3)
Prologue 16(12)
To Be a Slave
28(11)
The Auction Block
39(20)
The Plantation
59(17)
Resistance to Slavery-1
76(41)
Resistance to Slavery-2
117(13)
Emancipation
130(14)
After Emancipation
144(9)
Epilogue 153(6)
Bibliography 159


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