Come August, come freedom
Subtitle: the bellows, the gallows, and the black general Gabriel
By: Gigi Amateau
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Somerville, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763647926
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century; Slavery; Fiction; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American; Slave insurrections; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism; African Americans; 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.