First heroes for freedom
By: by Marcia Bjerregaard ; illustrated by Marty Jones.
Contributors: Jones, Marty, ill.
Edition: 1st Silver Moon Press ed.
Series: Adventures in America
Publisher: Silver Moon Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778 -- Juvenile fiction; Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778 -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Slavery -- Fiction; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In 1778 fifteen-year-old Cuff, a slave on an island off the coast of Rhode Island, joins the Continental Army and experiences the horrors of the Battle of Rhode Island as he fights for his own personal freedom.