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Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African", an autobiography published in 1798. Equiano (c. 1745-1797) was an African writer and abolitionist, who was taken into slavery as a child and transported to the British colony of Virginia. This personal account depicts the narrative of Equiano's life during his years as a slave: from being purchased as...
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"Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman" is a biography of Harriet Tubman, written by Sarah Hopkins Bradford in 1869, four years after the end of the Civil War. The book describes life and adventures of Tubman, an escaped slave, who had helped many escaped slaves travel to the northern States and Canada before the Civil War, using the Underground Railroad. Bradford wrote this book, using extensive interviews with Tubman, to raise funds for Tubman's...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Army Life in a Black Regiment is a riveting and empathetic account of the lessons learned from an encounter between a New England intellectual and nearly a thousand newly freed slaves. In the fall of 1862, Thomas Wentworth Higginson was asked to take command of the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, and he immediately understood the significance of the experiment...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
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1320L
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English
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Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence. From his fight for an education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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890L
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English
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This story is set in Nigeria. Okonkwo is a hard working farmer and a strict father. Banished for several years due to an accidental killing, he returns to his home to find the British government replacing tribal customs.
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Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, Northup published...
9) Cane
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A series of vignettes exploring African American life as it relates to social, political and family dynamics. For many, Cane is considered a literary masterpiece from visionary writer, Jean Toomer. He presents a diverse collection of tales with distinct and vibrant characters who populate a world that's all too familiar.
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Jean Toomer delivers a vivid depiction of America in the early twentieth century that centers the Black experience,...
10) African buffalo
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[1990]
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English
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the two species of African buffalo that can be found in many parts of Africa below the Sahara Desert.
11) Antelopes
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[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the various species of African antelope.
12) Giraffes
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[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the giraffe.
13) Hippopotamus
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[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the hippopotamus.
14) Hyenas
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c1990
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the hyena.
15) Zebras
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[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the zebra.
18) Masai
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1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
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English
20) Akamba
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1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
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English
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