Publication

1995 - Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

21,000 words, Guess

Page Count

84 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100689319444
  • ISBN-139780689319440
  • LibraryThing444391
  • Goodreads1322781
  • Library of Congress Control Number95009969
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC978/.00496073/0082
  • LCCE185.925 .K375 1995
  • LCCLC 95-9969

Description

Pioneers of the slave era in California, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota, and the Southwest, with special emphasis on Dred and Harriet Scott, Biddy Mason, Mary Pleasant, Clara Brown, Elvira Conley, Lulu Sadler Craig, Lucy Parsons, and Mary Fields.

First Sentence

By the time of the American Revolution, thousands of African-American slaves had escaped to find a refuge among Native American nations from Canada to Florida.

Subjects

Genres

  • Juvenile literature

Other Editions

  • Black women of the Old WestAtheneum Books for Young Readers1995-01-01

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