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Answering the cry for freedom : stories of African Americans and the American Revolution / Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2016]Edition: 1st edDescription: 239 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781629793061
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3 23
Summary: "Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now"--Provided by publisher.
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Beverly Middle School 973.3 WOE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 705794

Includes bibliographical references and index.

School Library Journal, October 2016

Library Media Connection starred, October 2016

Booklist, October 2016

Horn Book, April 2017

Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2016

Kirkus Review, August 2016

Catholic Library World, March 2017

"Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now"--Provided by publisher.

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5-8 Follett School Solutions.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.7 7.0 185709. BR