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Prisoner for liberty / Marty Rhodes Figley ; illustrations by Craig Orback.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Figley, Marty Rhodes, 1948- author.
- Series:
- On my own history.
- On My Own History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forten, James, 1766-1842--Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
- Forten, James.
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans--Juvenile literature.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--African Americans--Juvenile literature.
- United States.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- James Forten knew how important freedom was. He was a free African American born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the American Revolution started in 1776, James was too young to help fight for freedom from British rule. But in 1781, at age fifteen, he took a job on the Royal Louis, an American ship. A British warship soon captured the Royal Louis. James was taken prisoner. The British often sold African American prisoners into slavery. What would happen to James? Would he ever see his family again?.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-14776-1
- 9786611147761
- 0-7613-4022-X
- OCLC:
- 745908487
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