Library:ADCLP/To Be a Slave
To Be a Slave / Julius Lester ; illustrated by Tom Feelings.
Summary
American slaves, runaways, and emancipated people provide a powerful estament ofhow they felt about slavery and what they endured. The author dynamically blends quotations from published and unpublished sources and presents them in rough chronological order.
Keywords
Biography, Slavery, Slaves, United States
Reading Levels
Ages 12 - 17 / Grades 7 - 12
Awards
- Newberry Medal Award, 1969
- School Library Journal Best Books for Children and Young Adults, 1968
Publication History
- New York : Dial, 1968. 160 p. : ill. ISBN 0582155355
- London : Longman Young ; New York : Laurel-Leaf Library, 1970. 160 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0582155355
- New York : Dial Books, 1998. 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. 30th Anniversary ed.. ISBN 0803723474
Categories:
- ADCLP Works from 1968
- ADCLP Julius Lester
- ADCLP Tom Feelings
- ADCLP Newberry Medal Award
- ADCLP School Library Journal Best Books for Children and Young Adults
- ADCLP Age 12
- ADCLP Age 13
- ADCLP Age 14
- ADCLP Age 15
- ADCLP Age 16
- ADCLP Age 17
- ADCLP Grade 7
- ADCLP Grade 8
- ADCLP Grade 9
- ADCLP Grade 10
- ADCLP Grade 11
- ADCLP Grade 12
- ADCLP Works in English