Bibliograph

To be a slave, Julius Lester ; paintings by Tom Feelings

Type

Label

To be a slave, Julius Lester ; paintings by Tom Feelings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To be a slave

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38324405

Responsibility statement

Julius Lester ; paintings by Tom Feelings

Summary

A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. Paired with historical commentary and powerful paintings, Julius Lester's book presents what it felt like to be a slave in America through the words of black men and women who lived it rather than filtering through the eyes of others

Table Of Contents

Thirty years of To Be a Slave -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- To be a slave -- The auction block -- The plantation -- Resistance to slavery 1 -- Resistance to slavery 2 -- Emancipation -- After emancipation -- Epilogue

Target audience

juvenile

Classification