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Picture Book Month: Freedom
Kadir Nelson is an amazingly talented painter whose illustrations jump off the page and come to life with rich oil paint and pencil details. This is the remarkable story of Henry and how he actually shipped himself to freedom in a wooden crate. Of course, being a slave, Henry’s spent…
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Jefferson’s Sons
Jefferson’s Sons written by Kimberly Bradley is a very interesting historical fiction novel about Thomas Jefferson children he had with his slave, Sally Hemings. Although these children received better work assignments, better clothing and shoes, and even violin lessons, they were still considered slaves on their father’s plantation, Monticello. I really…