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Teaching about Slavery Collection

The following books address slavery and enslaved people during American history. These award-winning titles will help support your teaching this complex, under-taught period of American history, with a special focus on historical accuracy and cultural responsiveness.

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Etched in Clay
The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
By Andrea Cheng
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The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
By Andrea Cheng
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The acclaimed biography-in-verse about the life and times of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with short poems during the years leading up to the Civil War.

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Frederick Douglass
The Last Day of Slavery
By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
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Frederick Douglass
The Last Day of Slavery
By William Miller, Cedric Lucas
The story of the African American abolitionist who, in one dramatic incident, discovered the meaning of freedom.

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Going Back Home
An Artist Returns to the South
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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An Artist Returns to the South
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

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Hammering for Freedom
The William Lewis Story
By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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The William Lewis Story
By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
The inspirational story of William "Bill" Lewis, a hardworking blacksmith who slowly saved his money and bought the freedom of each and every member of his enslaved family.

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I See the Rhythm
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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I See the Rhythm
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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i see the rhythmis an inspiring celebration of African American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world.

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In the Time of the Drums
By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
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In the Time of the Drums
By Kim L. Siegelson, Brian Pinkney
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Mentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.

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Ira's Shakespeare Dream
By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
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Ira's Shakespeare Dream
By Glenda Armand, Floyd Cooper
The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.

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It Jes' Happened
When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
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When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
By Don Tate, R. Gregory Christie
The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama.

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Juneteenth Jamboree
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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Juneteenth Jamboree
By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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A young girl, who has just moved to her parents' hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

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Love Twelve Miles Long
By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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Love Twelve Miles Long
By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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A moving story about young Frederick Douglass and his mother, who walks twelve miles at night from a nearby plantation to visit him.

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Midnight Teacher
Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

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Seven Miles to Freedom
The Robert Smalls Story
By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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Seven Miles to Freedom
The Robert Smalls Story
By Janet Halfmann, Duane Smith
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The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

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Step Right Up
How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
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How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness
By Donna Janell Bowman, Daniel Minter
A biography of William "Doc" Key, a formerly enslaved man and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read, write, and do math, and who together with Jim became a famous traveling performance act and proponent for the humane treatment of animals around the turn of the twentieth century.

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Stone River Crossing
By Tim Tingle
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Stone River Crossing
By Tim Tingle
From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.

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The Legend of Freedom Hill
By Linda J. Altman, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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The Legend of Freedom Hill
By Linda J. Altman, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu
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A fictional story set during the California Gold Rush, in which a girl teams up with her best friend in search of gold to buy her mother's freedom from a slave catcher.

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