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Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (A Borzoi book)

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Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf (Jan 04, 1993)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 151 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780394828732

Description of Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (A Borzoi book)


Illus. in black-and-white. In this companion volume to the award-winning The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton traces the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad in America. Thirty-five inspiring stories describe ingenious escapes, desperate measures, and daring protests of former slaves.
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