African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies

Kent, Deborah Ann

ISBN 10: 0516200658 / ISBN 13: 9780516200651

Published by Children's Press(CT), 1996

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0516200658I2N00

Synopsis:

Using many photographs, this is a simple overview of the part played by African Americans during the formative years of the colonial period. The freedom sought by so many Europeans who came to America was not shared with many Africans & their descendants. The brief descriptions in this book tell of slavery as well as the limited freedoms of free blacks. Phillis Wheatley, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, & Benjamin Banneker are among those briefly profiled. Index. Part of the Cornerstones of Freedom series.Bowker Authored Title code. Using many photographs, this is a simple overview of the part played by African Americans during the formative years of the colonial period. Presents a brief history of Afro-Americans and of slavery in seventeenth and eighteenth century America.

Product Description: Children can imagine being witnesses to history-in-the-making in this series that explores important events in United States history.

Bibliographic Details

Title: African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket