Growing Up in Slavery
Subtitle: Stories of Young Slaves as Told By Themselves
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: February 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781556526350
Subjects: Ethnic groups; Human geography / peoples of the world; United States; History - United States/19th Century; Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography; Juvenile Nonfiction; Slaves' writings, American; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); USA; Biography & Autobiography - General; People & Places - United States - African-American; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century; Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage; African Americans; Biography; Slaves
First sentence: By the end of his life, Olaudah Equiono (a.k.a. Gustavus Vassa; c. 1745-97) seems to have accomplished practically everything that it was possible for a black man to accomplish in his time.