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Author:

Woelfle, Gretchen, author.

Title:

Answering the cry for freedom : stories of African Americans and the American Revolution / Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Calkins Creekan imprint of Highlights,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

African Americans--History--To 1863.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--History--To 1863.
African Americans--Biography.
United States--African Americans.--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans.
United States--Participation, African American.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.

Other Authors:

Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.

Contents:

Fighting a war for freedom. Boston King (ca. 1760-1802) ; Agrippa Hull (1759-1848) ; James Armistead Lafayette (ca. 1748-1830) -- Salves in the cradle of liberty. Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784) ; Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman (ca. 1742-1829) ; Prince Hall (ca. 1735-1807) -- Enslaved women in the South. Mary Perth (ca. 1740-1813) ; Ona Judge (1773-1848) ; Sally Hemings (1773-1835) -- Freedom was just the beginning. Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) ; John Kizell (ca. 1760-after 1830) ; Richard Allen (1760-1831) ; Jarena Lee (1783-after 1849).

Summary:

Brief biographical sketches chronicle the contributions of enslaved and free blacks during the Revolutionary War, including Prince Hall, who organized the first branch of black Freemasons, and Richard Allen, who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

ISBN:

162979306X
9781629793061

LCCN:

bl2016042220

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)