In the shadow of Liberty : the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives
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In the shadow of Liberty : the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives
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- In the shadow of Liberty : the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives
- Title remainder
- the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth C. Davis
- Subject
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- trueAfrican Americans
- African Americans -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueHistory books -- African Americans | Slavery
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
- truePresidents -- Relations with African Americans | History
- Presidents -- Relations with African Americans | History -- Juvenile literature
- trueSlavery -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- trueSlaves -- United States
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History
- United States -- Race relations | History -- Juvenile literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Here are the stories of five enslaved people who witnessed the birth of America: Billy Lee, valet to George Washington; Ona Judge, who escaped from Martha Washington; Isaac Granger, servant of Thomas Jefferson; Paul Jennings, who witnessed the War of 1812 in James Madison's White House; and Alfred Jackson, "owned" by Andrew Jackson. These true stories explore our country's great, tragic contradiction--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles. In this lavishly designed, fully illustrated edition, these five dramatic narratives, accessibly told and with primary sources where possible, will bust myths and help set the sanitized historical record straight
- Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people owned by four presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role that slavery played in the founding of America
- Award
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- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2016
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2017
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 920.0092/96073
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
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- Age 12-14
- Grade 7-9
- 1110L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- E444
- LC item number
- .D36 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1110
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 6
- 12
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adolescent
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