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It is hard to imagine that, once, a person in America could be "owned" by another person. But from the time the colonies were settled in the 1600s until the end of the Civil War in 1865, millions of black people were bought and sold like goods. Where did the slaves come from? Where did they live when they were brought to this country? What kind of work did they do? With compassion and respect for the enslaved, this book answers questions children might have about this era in American history.… (mere)
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For my mother
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When the United States became a new nation in 1783, half a million people in the country were slaves.
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"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in Heaven." -Harriet Tubman, upon becoming free
"Daddy was down at the creek. He jumped right in the water up to his neck. He was so happy he just kept on scooping up handfuls of water and dumping it on his head and yelling, 'I'm free! I'm free!'" -Louisa Bowes Rose, a slave in Virginia
"It's bad to belong to folks that own you soul and body." -Delia Garlic, a slave in Alabama
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The terrible time of slavery had finally ended in America.
It is hard to imagine that, once, a person in America could be "owned" by another person. But from the time the colonies were settled in the 1600s until the end of the Civil War in 1865, millions of black people were bought and sold like goods. Where did the slaves come from? Where did they live when they were brought to this country? What kind of work did they do? With compassion and respect for the enslaved, this book answers questions children might have about this era in American history.
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