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Author:

Forten, Charlotte L.

Title:

A free Black girl before the Civil War : the diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 / edited by Christy Steele with Kerry Graves ; foreword by Suzanne Bunkers ; [illustrator, Linda Clavel].

Publisher:

Blue Earth Books,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Forten, Charlotte L.--Journal--Juvenile literature.
African American teenage girls--Salem--Salem--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans--Salem--Salem--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Salem (Mass.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Salem (Mass.)--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Forten, Charlotte L.
Massachusetts--Race relations.
Massachusetts--Social life and customs.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans--History.
Diaries.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.

Other Authors:

Steele, Christy, 1970-
Graves, Kerry A.
Clavel, Linda, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Series:

Diaries, letters, and memoirs

ISBN:

9780736803458
0736803459

LCCN:

99015276

Locations:

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)

FBPC124 -- Benny Gambaiani Public Library (Shell Rock) — J974.4 FOR

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)