Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
Publication Information
Author:  Virginia Hamilton	Illustrator:  Dillon, Leo and Dillon, Diane
Title:  Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom	Date:  1996
Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-679-87936-6
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
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General Information:
Book Type(s):    essays, biography and autobiography, true story, reference
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| social studies| language arts - writing
Summary:
This is a beautifully illustrated collection of true stories about the struggle that African Americans faced in gaining their freedom. The book is divided into 3 parts: Slavery in America; Running-Aways; and Exodus to Freedom. An Afterword, bibliography, and index make the book especially useful in the classroom.
Teaching Ideas:
The book belongs in text sets on the Civil War, slavery, and African American history. Teachers may want to excerpt sections to use with other works, e.g. Anthony Burns, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman. The slave narratives in Section 1 provide an easier to read version of material found in Lester's To Be a Slave.
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Ethnic Groups > African-American > well-known people > Tubman, Harriet Social Studies > sociology > social issues > racism

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