Hush harbor
Subtitle: praying in secret
By: Freddi Williams Evans ; illustrated by Erin Bennet Banks.
Contributors: Banks, Erin Bennett, 1978- ill.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822579656
Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Freedom of religion -- Fiction; Christian life -- Fiction; Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: While Simmy watches for danger from high in a tree, other slaves gather in a hidden spot in the woods to sing and pray together in their own way, risking their lives in pursuit of religious freedom. Includes historical facts about hush, or brush, arbors and the churches that grew from them.
Notes: Ages 5-9.