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Out of the shadows : five Americans and the presidents who owned them / Kenneth C. Davis.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2016Edition: First American editionDescription: 286pages 24cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9781627793117 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920.0092/96073 23
LOC classification:
  • E444 .D36 2016
Other classification:
  • JNF018010 | JNF025190
Contents:
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".
Scope and content: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books Idaho Springs Public Library JNF J 920 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100171238
Books John Tomay Memorial Library JNF J 920 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100167030

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 10 to 14.

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