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AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN, by Elizabeth Yates, 1950s, xlib, hb with dj, "Amos Fortune is the story of a man who, born free in AFrica, was sold in America as a slave. In time he purchased his own freedom, and was able to give freedom to several other people, he lived fro 1710 to 1801" (earlier than Civiil War, but on the topic of slavery),'' $6
ESCAPE NORTH! THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN, "Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad." exc cond, grades 2-3, $3
FREEDOM TRAIN, THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN, 191pp, $3
ONE DAY, LEVIN....HE BE FREE, William Still and the Underground Railroad, HB, xlib, 230 pp, "Although Levin Still bought his freedom, his wife had to take hers by running away. Countless other blacks did the same via the Underground Railroad, and scores of them were helped in Philadelphia by Levin's youngest son, William Still. This fearless man was Executive Secretary of the city's Anti-Slavery Society; in this position he kept meticulous records of the fugitives he aided and sent on to Canada. In 1872 almost a decade after Emancipation, he organized his accounts and published one of the major documents of the thime, the Underground Railroad. The author, whose mother was the granddaughter of Williams' brother, describes Still's lifelong efforts on behalf of his fellow blacks as she quotes lieberally from his own remakable records. " $12
I, CHARLOTTE FORTEN, BLACK AND FREE, Longsworth, hb, xlib,247 ,vg cond, $7
MOMMA, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 9 x 11, sc, picture book about black history, $2
CHILD OUT OF PLACE, A STORY FOR NEW ENGLAND, African-American historical fiction for ages 10 and above, a black girl in the North who has a freedom document, facing the prejudices of the time, exc cond, $8
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE, written by himself, 126 pp, pocket book with hardcover, small size, xlib, vg cond, $4
FREDERICK DOUGLASS: SLAVE-FIGHTER-FREEMAN, hb, xlib, vg cond, 177 pp, $7
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, PORTRAIT OF A FREEDOM FIGHTER, 8 x 8 RL1.5, exc cond, 32 pp, $4
UP FROM SLAVERY, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, hb, 232 pp, xlib but looks almost new, $12
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, SERVING GOD BY SERVING OTHERS, a GUESSING BOOK, this means the story is in the form of questions and answers, Moody Press, preteen, $4
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE, written by Frederick Douglass, autobiography, Dolphin pb, 124 white pp, some neat underlining, $4
AT HER MAJESTY'S REQUEST, AN AFRICAN PRINCESS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND, 143 pp, exc cond, ''$3
HARRIET TUBMAN, FLAME OF FREEDOM , hb, 186 pp, xlib, corners bumped, solid and tight binding, first inside page removed, $9
YOUNG BOOKER, Booker T. Washington's Early Days, biography, hb, xlib, 196 p, photograph section, $10
UP FROM SLAVERY, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Autobiography, older pb, 181 yellowing pp, tape reinforcing spine, $3
THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, older pb, 96 yellowing pp, $2
THE LIFE AND WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, RL 5, xlib, exc cond, ''$3
IF YOU LIVED AT THE TIME OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, RL3, exc cond, 7 x 9, 80 pp, $5
A PICTURE BOOK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 7 x 9, sc, "A brief, illustrated biorgraphy of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosphy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights." exc cond, $6
I HAVE A DREAM, THE STORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, Margaret Davidson, pb, exc cond, 128 pp, $4
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE, hb, xlib, vg cond, $9
TO BE A SLAVE, Newbery Honor, pb, vg cond, 160 pp, $3
ALL TIMES, ALL PEOPLES: A WORLD HISTORY OF SLAVERY, hb, xlib, vg cond, "Examines the historical patterns of slavery throughout the world, from ancient times through the present" 8 x 10, $6
MANY THOUSAND GONE, AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM, 7 x 10, 151 pp, pb, 1993, includes slavery in America, Quaker protest, a Prince, Running Aways, Gabriel Prosser Uprising, Josiah Henson, Nat Turner Rebellion, Conductors onthe Underground Railroad, The Pearl, Exodus to Freedom, Jackson of Alabama, much more, $6
HISTORIC BLACK WOMEN, 13 concise biographies in this small pb, $3
Please note any books published pre-1985 are being sold to adults only as collectors.
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