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

Lester, Julius, 1939-2018 (Author). Feelings, Tom, (illustrator.).

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: 0142403865
ISBN: 9780142403860
ISBN: 1415643547
ISBN: 9781415643549
ISBN: 0590424602
ISBN: 0141310014
ISBN: 9780141310015
Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Edition: Puffin Modern Classics ed.
Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2005, 1985, ©1968.
Copyright: ©1968

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in the U.S.A.: Dial Books, 1998.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160).
Formatted Contents Note:	To be a slave -- The auction block -- The plantation -- Resistance to slavery 1 -- Resistance to slavery 2 -- Emancipation -- After Emancipation -- Epilogue.
Target Audience Note:	1040L Lexile 1080L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 5 7123.