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Gr 4-8 Through spirituals, poems, folktales, and firsthand slave narratives, this brief, skillfully woven history of African-American slavery emphasizes the many forms of resistance and rebellion used by brave individuals who struggled against their condition. Some of the well-known incidents included are Nat Turner's rebellion, Frederick Douglass's fight against a "nigger-breaker," and Harriet Tubman's many trips on the Underground Railroad. Less-famous stories are those of Caroline, who escaped with her chi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"My pa was never slave," declares Harriet Wheatley in this book's keynote poem. "And those / Who thought they made him slave, didn't / Understand / The word." Tracing the African-American experience from the Middle Passage to the Thirteenth Amendment, Rappaport's minimal text links many such eloquent examples of unquenchable resistance, both overt and concealed. There were folktales in which "Old Marsa" is outwitted; the dual meaning of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More