Out of the shadows : five Americans and the presidents who owned them /

Davis, Kenneth C.,

Out of the shadows : five Americans and the presidents who owned them / Kenneth C. Davis. - First American edition. - 286pages 24cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Out of the Shadows -- "The Loudest Yelps for Liberty" -- Two Stolen From Africa -- Timeline 1: 1619-1700 -- "My Multatto Man William" : The Story of Billy Lee -- Timeline 2: 1702-1776 -- "Absconded from the Household of the President" : The Story of Ona Judge -- Timeline 3: 1777-1808 -- Master Jefferson's People : The Story of Isaac Granger -- Timeline 4: 1809-1820 -- White House, Black Man : The Story of Paul Jennings -- Timeline 5: 1821-1832 -- "How Would You Like to Be a Slave?" : The Story of Alfred Jackson -- Timeline 6: 1833-1850 -- Afterword: "That All May Be Free".

"An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents"--

Ages 10 to 14.

9781627793117 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

2015035204


Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Presidents--Relations with African Americans--History--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods.


United States--Race relations--History--Juvenile literature.

E444 / .D36 2016

920.0092/96073