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1) The Beatitudes: from slavery to civil rights

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

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The Beatitudes form the backdrop for Weatherford's free-verse poem that traces the African American journey from slavery to civil rights.

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An_American_story

2) An American story

Author

Alexander, Kwame

Pub. Date

2023.

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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

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JE Ale
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JE Ale
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"A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson"--

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Enemies_of_slavery

3) Enemies of slavery

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Pub. Date

c2004

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IL: LG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1

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32 p. : col. ill ; 29 cm.

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Madison Heights Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 326.8 Adl
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African-Americans_in_the_colonies

4) African-Americans in the colonies

Author

Williams, Jean Kinney

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c2002

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IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1

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48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

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Madison Heights Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 306.3 Wil
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Voices_from_slavery_s_past

5) Voices from slavery's past: yearning to be heard

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Cloud Tapper, Suzanne

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

c2004

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128 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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Amherst Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 973.0496 Tap
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Contains compelling stories about slaves, slave owners, abolitionists, and the whole concept of how slavery affected America.

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--If_you_lived_when_there_was_slavery_in_America

6) --If you lived when there was slavery in America

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Pub. Date

c2004

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IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

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62 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 19 x 23 cm.

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Amherst Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 973.71 Kam
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The_African-American_slave_trade

7) The African-American slave trade

Author

Hatt, Christine

Pub. Date

c2004

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IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 3

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64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

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Madison Heights Library - Child Nonfiction Book
J 306.3 HAT
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Recounts the history of slavery and the slave trade in the United States discussing their causes, the slave experience, the Civil War, and Reconstruction and its aftermath.

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Fleeing_to_freedom_on_the_Underground_Railroad

8) Fleeing to freedom on the Underground Railroad: the courageous slaves, agents, and conductors

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People's history

Pub. Date

c2006

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88 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

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J 973.7115 Lan
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Tells the stories of the slaves, abolitionists, and conductors on the Underground Railroad through letters, newspaper articles, and biographies.

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