Come August, come freedom
Subtitle: the bellows, the gallows, and the black general Gabriel
By: Gigi Amateau
Edition: First paperback edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780763668709
Subjects: Social Issues; Slave revolts; JUVENILE FICTION; Juvenile fiction; Slavery; Fiction; Historical; Prejudice & Racism; Historical fiction; Slave insurrections; African American; African Americans; People & Places; 19th Century; History
Description: Imagines the childhood and youth of "Prosser's Gabriel", a courageous and intelligent blacksmith in post-Revolutionary Richmond, Virginia, who roused thousands of African-Americans slaves like himself to rebel.
Notes: Originally published, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ages 12 and up.