Title: A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War
First published: June 1998
Description: The diary of a sixteen year old free African American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records of her schooling, participation in the anti-slavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave.  Includes sidebars, activies and a timeline related to this era are also included.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Race relations, Diaries, African American teenage girls, Juvenile literature, Tagebuch, Free African Americans, Women, African Americans, Antislavery movements, Biography, History, African americans, biography, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, Women, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, juvenile literature
Places: Massachusetts, Salem (Mass.), Salem
People: Charlotte L. Forten
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: F74.S1 F67 2000