Children's Books About Slavery and Abolition
6 handpicked novels, verse and picture books for ages 5 and up about slavery and abolition: a child of the Amistad, the poet slave Juan Francisco Manzano, Cuba's abolitionist Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a Swedish suffragette's journey to Cuba, a Yao village escaping slave traders, and two brothers trapped in forced labor on an Ivory Coast cacao plantation today.
Books in this collection
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards))
The Lightning Dreamer Cubas Greatest Abolitionist
The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba
The Village That Vanished
The Bitter Side of Sweet
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