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Many Thousand Gone : African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Many Thousand Gone African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Author: Virginia Hamilton
Illus. in black-and-white. In this companion volume to the award-winning The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton traces the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad in America. Thirty-five inspiring stories describe ingenious escapes, desperate measures, and daring protests of former slaves. "Hamilton is neither sensational nor sen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780394928739
ISBN-10: 0394928733
Publication Date: 1/2/2002
Pages: 160
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The cover bills this as a "Companion to "The People Could Fly," by the same author. That was a book of African-American folktales, while this contains many short chapters about famous and less-famous Black people during the period of slavery in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, with a short afterword on the period from the Emancipation Proclamation until the present.

As always, Virginia Hamilton is a master writer for children, and the book is enhanced with the great illustrations of Leo and Diane Dillon.


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