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Under the freedom tree (37771) |
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| | Physical
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Illustrated
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Primary, Intermediate (PI)
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Professional Library
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| | Synopsis
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Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first
contraband camp of the Civil War, seen by some historians as the
"beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861,
three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a
Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and
granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves
poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made
a home for themselves, building the first African American community
in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first
readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South, beneath the
sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak. "Based
on events that took place during the American Civil War near the
Emancipation Oak, a historic southern live Oak tree that still stands
in Hampton, Virginia"—Author's note.
| | Author
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Vanhecke, Susan
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Ladd, London
| | Dimensions
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29 cm
| ISBN#
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9781580895507 (trade)
| | Notes
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Keywords: Confederacy, Union General Benjamin Butler.
| | Parts
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32 unnumbered pages
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Susan Vanhecke ; illustrated by London Ladd.
| | Subjects
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Poetry Circles(CK);
American poetry;
Fugitive slaves—Fiction;
Fugitive slaves—Poetry;
Historical fiction;
United States—History-1861-1865, civil war—Fiction;
Diversity(CK);
Ladd, London,—illustrator(A)
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E VAN
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