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03014aam a2200445 i 4500 001 273A97D0693E11ECA33384CB45ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211230010010 008 211117t20222022paua j b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1635925827 020 $a 9781635925821 035 $a (OCoLC)1289265601 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d BDX $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 975.541203 $2 23 100 1 $a Castrovilla, Selene, $d 1966- $e author. 245 10 $a Seeking freedom : $b the untold story of Fortress Monroe and the ending of slavery in America / $c Selene Castrovilla ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. 246 30 $a Untold story of Fortress Monroe and the ending of slavery in America 264 1 $a Honesdale ; $b Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, $c [2022] 300 $a 1 volume (unpaged) : $b color illustrations ; $c 29 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "In this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates-and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. This is the first children's nonfiction book about a Black unsung hero who remains relevant today and to the Black Lives Matter movement. On the night Virginia secedes from the Union, three enslaved men approach Fortress Monroe. Knowing that Virginia's secession meant they would be separated from their families and sent farther south to work for the Confederacy, the men decided to plead for sanctuary. And they were in luck. The fort's commander, Benjamin Butler, retained them--and many more that followed--by calling them contraband of war. Butler depended on the contrabands to provide information about the Confederates. He found the perfect partner in George Scott, one of the contrabands, whose heroism saved the fort from enemy hands. And, it was the plight of the contrabands that convinced President Lincoln that slavery MUST be abolished and inspired him to write his Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states."-- provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Fort Monroe (Va.) $x History $v Juvenile literature. 651 0 $a United States $x African Americans $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x African Americans $v Juvenile literature. 600 10 $a Butler, Benjamin F. $q (Benjamin Franklin), $d 1818-1893 $v Juvenile fiction. 700 1 $a Lewis, Earl B., $e illustrator. 941 $a 12 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010032411.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629014936.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022903.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014110.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518025844.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20220503070359.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220302015559.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20220302010119.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20220301010432.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220217011236.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20220101010018.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211230010237.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=273A97D0693E11ECA33384CB45ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search