A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War : : the Diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854
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The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusettts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
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SERIES
Diaries, letters, and memoirs.
PUBLISHED
Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, c2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0736803459 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Forten, Charlotte L.
Steele, Christy.
Graves, Kerry A.
Clavel, Linda.
SUBJECTS
Forten, Charlotte L. -- Diaries.
African American teenage girls -- Salem -- Diaries.
Free African Americans -- Salem -- Diaries.
Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans -- History.
African Americans -- Biography.
Diaries.
Women -- Biography.
Salem (Mass.) -- Race relations.
Salem (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.
Massachusetts -- Race relations.
Massachusetts -- Social life and customs.