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Mumbet's declaration of independence / by Gretchen Woelfle ; Illustrations by Alix Delinois.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woelfle, Gretchen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freeman, Elizabeth, 1744?-1829--Juvenile literature.
- Freeman, Elizabeth.
- Enslaved women--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved women.
- African American women--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women.
- Enslaved persons--Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved persons.
- Slavery--Massachusetts--History--18th century--Juvenile literature.
- Slavery.
- Massachusetts--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Massachusetts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (44 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Flap
- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright Information
- Title Page
- Author's Note
- Selected Bibliography
- Further Reading
- Back Flap
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4677-5003-4
- 1-4677-2399-1
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