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    47
      In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be".
      Author: Mosley, Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore 1620 - 1970
      This book offers an interesting chronicle of what Americans wore, 1620 - 1970, and often why.
      Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Old African, The
      a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves.
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story
      The book is set on a Virginia plantation in 1862. Eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco live with their mother on the Parnell Plantation as talk of President Lincoln's coming proclamation to free slaves reaches the community. Each of the mai
      Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies

    To Be a Slave
      Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia
      Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies


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