Rod own's powerful paintings and Julius Lester's intensely personal text will the draw readers into all aspects of the slave experience - from auction block to whipping the post. From the journey to America to the fight for freedom. This book will move everyone who reads it - black or white. young or old - and will provide a deeper understanding of what it meant to be a slave.

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

JULIUS LESTER is the author of more than twenty books for young readers. He writes and teaches in western Massachusetts. www. johnclapp. com