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Under the Freedom Tree

By Susan Vanhecke; London Ladd

Book information

Publisher
Charlesbridge
Year
2014
ISBN
9781607346340
Language
english
Format
CBZ
Filesize
12 MB (12763067 bytes)
Pages
32\0
Time added
2022-12-04 17:13:46
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography /

Description

Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War-seen by some historians as the "beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South-beneath the sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak.

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