A school for Pompey Walker
By: by Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson.
Contributors: Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Children's Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction.; Schools -- Fiction.; Underground railroad -- Fiction.; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.; Abolitionists -- Fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: At the dedication of a school named after him, an old former slave tells the story of his life and how his white friend helped him earn the money for the school by repeatedly selling him into slavery, after which he always escaped.