John Newbery medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 1951.

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave u

Do you know the story of the slave who sailed himself to freedom? This book tells the true story of Robert Smalls, an enslaved African who pulled

"This book for young readers tells the story of Washington, D.C., through the story of an African American man, Michael Shiner, who lived there f

A biography of the first Negro slave to win her freedom in the courts of Massachusetts.

Provides first-hand accounts by former slaves on life before and after the Civil War.

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others th

Twelve oral histories of former slaves selected from the more than 2000 interviewed as part of the Slave Narratives of the Library of Congress fo

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave u

Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause duri

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave u

"A talented seamstress, born enslaved in 1818, bought freedom for herself and her son"--