Title A free Black girl before the Civil War : the diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 / edited by Christy Steele with Kerry Graves ; foreword by Suzanne Bunkers ; [illustrator, Linda Clavel].

Publication Info.	Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, [2000]
	©2000

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Burlington Public Library - Children's Department	JB FORTEN	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J 974.4 FOR	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction	J 974.403 STEELE	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	JB-FORTEN, C.	Check Shelf

Description	32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series	Diaries, letters, and memoirs
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusetts 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.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 1.0 4525.
Subject	Forten, Charlotte L. Journal -- Juvenile literature.
	Forten, Charlotte L.
	African American teenage girls -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
	Free African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.
	Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Antislavery movements.
	African Americans -- History.
	Diaries.
	African Americans -- Biography.
	Women -- Biography.
	Salem (Mass.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Salem (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
	Massachusetts -- Race relations.
	Massachusetts -- Social life and customs.
Added Author	Steele, Christy, 1970-
	Graves, Kerry A.
	Clavel, Linda, illustrator.
ISBN	0736803459
	9780736803458

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