Growing up in slavery : stories of young slaves as told by themselves / edited by Yuval Taylor ; illustrations by Kathleen Judge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Yuval, editor.

Judge, Kathleen, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--Biography.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons' writings, American.

Enslaved children--United States--Biography.

Enslaved children.

United States.

Enslaved persons.

Genre:

Biographies.

Young adult nonfiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxv, [1], 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2005]

Summary:

Culled from full-length autobiographies, the voices of ten slaves--all under the age of nineteen--describe the full range of slave experiences, from starvation, torture, and violence, to love, laughter, and family life. Ten slaves all under the age of 19 tell their stories of enslavement, brutality, and dreams of freedom in this collection. Culled from full-length autobiographies, these accounts were selected to help teenagers relate to the horrific experiences of slaves their own age in the not-so-distant past. Included are stories of young slaves, all under the age of 19, torn from their mothers and families, suffering from starvation, and being whipped and tortured. But these are not all tales of deprivation and violence. Teenagers will see themselves in these accounts as the slaves challenge authority, play games, tell jokes, and fall in love. These stories cover the range of the slave experience, from the passage in slave ships across the Atlantic to daily life as a slave both on large plantations and in small city dwellings, and from escaping slavery to fighting in the Civil War. The writings of Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Harriet Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, and other less famous slaves are included.

Contents:

Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa)

Moses Roper

Lewis Clarke

Frederick Douglass

William Wells Brown

Thomas H. Jones

Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent)

J. D. Green

Elizabeth Keckley

William H. Robinson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230).

American Library Association Notables, 2006.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Growing up in slavery.

ISBN:

1556525486

9781556525483

1556526350

9781556526350

9781435269996

1435269993

OCLC:

57217255

Publisher Number:

9781556525483