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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.

Collection of 15 books: $218.25

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  • Front cover for Etched in Clay by Andrea Cheng and Andrea Cheng
    Etched in Clay
    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By James Cheng
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    Etched in Clay

    Etched in Clay

    The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
    By James Cheng
    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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  • Front cover for Frederick Douglass by William Miller and Cedric Lucas
      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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    • Front cover for Going Back Home by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
      Going Back Home
      An Artist Returns to the South
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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      Going Back Home

      Going Back Home

      An Artist Returns to the South
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
      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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    • Front cover for Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and John Holyfield
      Hammering for Freedom
      The William Lewis Story
      By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, John Holyfield
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      Hammering for Freedom

      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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    • Front cover for I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
      I See the Rhythm
      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
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      I See the Rhythm

      I See the Rhythm

      By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
      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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    • Front cover for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney
      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
      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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    • Front cover for Ira's Shakespeare Dream by Glenda Armand and Floyd Cooper
      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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    • Front cover for It Jes' Happened by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
      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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    • Front cover for Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford and Yvonne Buchanan
      Juneteenth Jamboree
      By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
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      Juneteenth Jamboree

      By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan
      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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    • Front cover for Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand and Colin Bootman
      Love Twelve Miles Long
      By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
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      Love Twelve Miles Long

      By Glenda Armand, Colin Bootman
      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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    • Front cover for Midnight Teacher by Janet Halfmann and London Ladd
      Midnight Teacher
      Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
      By Janet Halfmann, London Ladd
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      Midnight Teacher

      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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    • Front cover for Seven Miles to Freedom by Janet Halfmann and Duane Smith
      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
      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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    • Front cover for Step Right Up by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
      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

      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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    • Front cover for The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman and Cornelius Van Wright; Ying-Hwa Hu
      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
      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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