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Author:

Hansen, Joyce.

Title:

I thought my soul would rise and fly : the diary of Patsy, a freed girl / Joyce Hansen.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2011, c1997

Description:

217 p. : ill., maps, music ; 20 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Juvenile fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Juvenile fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.
United States--History--1865-1898--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes pictures of live during the Reconstruction era, explanations of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, information about Phyllis Wheatley - the first African-American to write a book, lyrics and music to the song "Free At Last", a picture of the first African-Americans to serve in the U.S. Congress, a map of the U.S. showing the Davis Hall Plantation in Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Reprint of the 1997 edition. "Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865"-- on the cover.

Summary:

Patsy, an orphaned slave who has taught herself to read and write, teaches and educates former slaves, old and young, after the end of the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery. Patsy's diary is filled with courage, conviction and hope as she strives towards freedom.

Series:

Dear America

ISBN:

0545266866 ((library bound)) :
9780545266864 ((library bound)) :

Locations:

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)