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Author:

Poux, Jennifer, author.

Title:

The founders unmasked / Jennifer Sabin ; introduction by Professor Christopher Sebastian Parker.

Publisher:

Penguin Workshop,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Statesmen--United States--Juvenile literature.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Juvenile literature.
Racism--United States--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
United States--Race relations--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Parker, Christopher S., 1963- writer of introduction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144)

Contents:

A country's creed -- A complicated legacy: Thomas Jefferson -- An American life: Sally Hemings -- Abolitionist or slaveholder?: Alexander Hamilton -- "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?": Frederick Douglass -- Flawed hero: George Washington -- Hard history: James Madison and the Constitution.

Summary:

Introducing a new nonfiction series for the next generation of activists, uncovering the hidden history of The United States through an anti-racist lens. The true story of the menand womensurrounding the founding of America. In the summer of 1776, when Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men are created equal,

Series:

True history

ISBN:

9780593386101
0593386108

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1296037922

Locations:

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

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)