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When daylight comes
By Howard, Ellen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68931-133-8
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum, 1985.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1985
Gr 5-9 One of the most successful but least remembered slave uprisings in the Western Hemisphere took place on present-day St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, in 1733. Using this historical setting, Howard imagines what it would have been like if the ruling Danish magistrate's daughter were held captive by the liberated blacks. A familiar story line, prisoner sympathizing w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
