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03165aam a22004454i 4500 001 E1D7760E547711EA8C3FA95797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200221010044 008 190722t20202020alua j 000 0beng 010 $a 2019029924 020 $a 1588383563 020 $a 9781588383563 035 $a (OCoLC)1110656750 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCL $d ILC $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a lcac $a lcac 043 $a n-us-al 050 00 $a E185.93.A3 $b G355 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Rosner, Marti, $e author. 245 14 $a The slave who went to Congress / $c by Marti Rosner and Frye Gaillard ; illustrated by Jordana Haggard. 264 1 $a Montgomery, AL : $b NewSouth Books, $c [2020] 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 27 cm 520 $a "In 1870 Benjamin Turner, who spent the first 40 years of his life as a slave, was elected to the U.S. Congress. He was the first African American from Alabama to earn that distinction. In a recreation of Turner's own words, based on speeches and other writings that Turner left behind, co-authors Marti S. Rosner and Frye Gaillard have crafted the story of a remarkable man who taught himself to read when he was young and began a lifetime quest for education and freedom. As a candidate for Congress, and then as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Turner rejected the idea of punishing his white neighbors who fought for the Confederacy -- and thus for the continuation of slavery -- believing they had suffered enough. At the same time, he supported the right to vote for former slaves, opposed a cotton tax that he thought was hurtful to small farmers, especially blacks, supported racially mixed schools, and argued that land should be set aside for former slaves so they could build a new life for themselves. In this bicentennial season for the state of Alabama, the authors celebrate the life of a man who rejected bitterness even as he pursued his own dreams. His is a story of determination and strength, the story of an American hero from the town of Selma, Alabama, who worked to make the world a better place for people of all races and backgrounds"-- $c Provided by publisher. 521 0 $a Grades 4-6 $b NewSouth Books. 521 1 $a Ages 8-12 $b NewSouth Books. 600 10 $a Turner, Benjamin Sterling, $d 1825-1894. 650 0 $a African American politicians $z Alabama $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Slaves $z Alabama $v Juvenile literature. $v Juvenile literature. 651 0 $a Alabama $x Politics and government $y 19th century $v Juvenile literature. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Gaillard, Frye, $d 1946- $e author. 700 1 $a Haggard, Jordana, $e illustrator. 941 $a 3 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20210422013734.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20200602012347.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200221010403.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1D7760E547711EA8C3FA95797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search