Bibliograph

Many thousand gone, African Americans from slavery to freedom, by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Type

Label

Many thousand gone, African Americans from slavery to freedom, by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Many thousand gone

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

20260834

Responsibility statement

by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 6.9, 3.0, 8475.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 6.4, 6, Quiz: 07360, Guided reading level: NR.

Sub title

African Americans from slavery to freedom

Summary

Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Table Of Contents

Slavery in America: Somersett -- Quaker protest -- A Prince -- A Vanished slave and his return -- A Kidnapped child -- Jenny Slew -- Running-aways: Elizabeth Freeman -- The Right of Chloe -- Advertisements -- The Gabriel Prosser uprising -- Josiah Henson, running-away and guide -- A Slave -- The Nat Turner Rebellion -- Some conductors on the Underground Railroad -- Eliza -- Isabella, Sojourner -- The Captain of the Pearl -- Solomon Northup -- Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey -- The Brave conductor -- "All right, sir!" -- Exodus to freedom: Anthony Burns -- A Mother's despair -- A Slave from Missouri -- A Kentucky runaway -- Alexander Ross, down from Canada -- Jackson, of Alabama -- Wisdom -- An Unnamed fugitive -- Three fugitives -- Exodus -- A Proclamation -- Deliverance -- The Tide of freedom

Target audience

juvenile

Classification