Seeking Freedom

Castrovilla, Selene

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Castrovilla, Selene

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ISBN/Varenr

9781635925821

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In this dramatic Civil War story, a courageous enslaved fugitive teams with a cunning Union general to save a Union fort from the Confederates-and triggers the end of slavery in the United States. This is the first children's nonfiction book about a Black unsung hero who remains relevant today and to the Black Lives Matter movement.

On the night Virginia secedes from the Union, three enslaved men approach Fortress Monroe. Knowing that Virginia's secession meant they would be separated from their families and sent farther south to work for the Confederacy, the men decided to plead for sanctuary. And they were in luck.

The fort's commander, Benjamin Butler, retained them--and many more that followed--by calling them "contraband of war." Butler depended on the contrabands to provide information about the Confederates. He found the perfect partner in George Scott, one of the contrabands, whose heroism saved the fort from enemy hands. And, it was the plight of the contrabands that convinced President Lincoln that slavery MUST be abolished and inspired him to write his Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.

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Produktinformasjon

ISBN/Varenr: 9781635925821
Utgivelsesdato: 04.01.2022
Utgivelsesår: 2022
Forlag: Autonomedia
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Personer: Castrovilla, Selene, Lewis, E B
Litteraturtype: Faglitteratur
Emne: Children's Books/Ages 9/12 Nonfiction
Målgruppe: Barn/ungdom
Aldersgrense: 0
Opplag: 0
Utgave: 0
Illustrert: Ja
Sider: 40