Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War. Even as American Patriots fought...
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Author: Gretchen Woelfle
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Language: English
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Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution by Woelfle, Gretchen

Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

CHF 26.56

Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

CHF 26.56
Author: Gretchen Woelfle
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War.

Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee. Includes individual bibliographies and timelines, author note, and source notes.

Author: Gretchen Woelfle
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Published: 10/04/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781629793061
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 185709 / Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016
Booklist 10/01/2016 pg. 40
School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 140
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2016 - Recommended - Hard To Beat

About the Author
Gretchen Woelfle is the author of multiple award-winning fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer, Write On, Mercy!: The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren, and Mumbet's Declaration of Independence. She lives in Los Angeles, California. gretchenwoelfle.com

R. Gregory Christie is the award-winning illustrator of over fifty children's books, including The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children, edited by Davida Adedjouma, which won a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration, and Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, which was selected as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. He lives in Decatur, Georgia, where he also owns and operates a bookstore that sells autographed children's books. gas-art.com

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