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"Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In the late 1850s, at a time when many men and women spoke out against slavery, few had the same impact as John Brown, the infamous white abolitionist who backed his beliefs with unstoppable action.
8) John Brown
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the man who fought against slavery in the Kansas Territory and who led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the author famous for the antislavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin, " but who wrote other works presenting a clear picture of nineteenth-century New England.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The views of the controversial abolitionist John Brown and the events leading up to his ill-fated attack on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry are described through the eyes of Brown's daughter, Annie.
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
173 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.
19) Sojourner Truth
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the former slave who dedicated her life to achieving equal rights for women and blacks.
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