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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the most seminal slave narrative ever written, Frederick Douglass writes, "From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom." Reading this narrative is to witness...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Profiles the lives of eight Afro-American leaders, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Booker T. Washington, who were instrumental in abolishing slavery or helping former slaves achieve full citizenship.
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Provides over twenty articles from the era of slavery in which slaves and abolitionists discuss the experience of fleeing slavery, the perils and punishments of trying to escape, efforts to assist runaways, and obstacles to freedom.
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