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"Inspired by a true story."
"St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Disney Hyperion, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 1 v. (unpaged)
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781423121961
1423121961
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Husband, Ron.
SUBJECTS
Meachum, John B., -- 1789- -- Fiction.
Education -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.