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Out from Egypt volume 1
Language
English
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Sold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all. To save her older brother and escape the bonds of slavery, Kiya flees with the Hebrews during the Great Exodus. She finds herself utterly dependent on a fearsome God she's only just beginning to learn about, and in love...
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Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"En 1848, Mary Walker nació siendo esclava. A los 15 años fue liberada. A los 20, se casó y tuvo su primer hijo. A los 68 aún trabajaba y recogía dinero para su iglesia. A los 114, era el último miembro de su familia que aún vivía. A los 116 años, Mary Walker aprendió a leer. Nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender."--
"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Few events can stir up a scandal more than an autobiography of a First Lady's confidante. In 1868, a controversial tell-all called Behind the Scenes introduced readers to Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley. Mrs. Keckley was a former slave who had been Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker and friend during the White House years, and in the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination. The book exposed Mary's marriage and her erratic behavior, along with confidential...
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Español
Language
Español
Description
La azarosa historia de una esclava en el Santo Domingo del siglo XVIII que logrará zafarse de los estigmas que la sociedad le ha impuesto para conseguir la libertad y, con ella, la felicidad.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.
"The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Refiner's fire volume 3
Language
English
Description
Never in her life did Kitty make a decision for herself. She was raised on a South Carolina plantation as the pet of her white master's daughter. Now, as a young adult, she must find the strength and faith to make the biggest decision ever. Will she stay with her master and go south to avoid the Yankees or take off tonight for the north with Grady, the field slave she has come to love?
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys--as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself--have decided to turn around the farm's bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a "stockman" to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves. Now each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the...
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Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, a slave who found freedom in California in 1856, who practiced the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered babies, and started many philanthropic projects after becoming a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the first woman to ever serve in the US Army "Here's the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my Mama never let me forget it." Missouri, 1864 Powerful, epic, and compelling, Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen shines light on a nearly forgotten figure in history. Cathy Williams was born and lived a slave until the Union...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In Sweet Taste of Liberty, W. Caleb McDaniel focuses on the experience of a freed slave who was sold back into slavery, eventually freed again, and who then sued the man who had sold her back into bondage. Henrietta Wood was born into slavery, but in 1848, she was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed. In 1855, however, a wealthy Kentucky businessman named Zebulon Ward, who colluded with Wood's employer, abducted Wood and sold her back into bondage....
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