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12 questions about slave narratives / by Lois Sepahban.
Tells the story behind the narratives formerly enslaved people wrote about their lives in captivity. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the documents paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781632352873
- ISBN: 1632352877
- ISBN: 9781632353375
- ISBN: 1632353377
- Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: North Mankato, MN : 12-Story Library, ©2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is a slave narrative? -- Who wrote early slave narratives? -- Who was the audience for slave narratives? -- Why was Frederick Douglass's word important? -- Why were stories about slave auctions important? -- How did slavery affect families? -- How was labor described in slave narratives? -- Why were stories of escape told? -- Why were stories of escape told? -- How did emancipation affect slave narratives? -- Why were slave narratives collected in the 1930s? -- What can we learn from slave narrative viewpoints? -- What is the impact of slave narratives today? |
| Target Audience Note: | Grades 4-6. |
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| Subject: | Slave narratives > United States > Juvenile literature. |
