Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619

by Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. and Patricia C. McKissack

Book Overview

This illustrated historical chapter book introduces young readers to some of the very first African Americans, who came to American in the early seventeenth century.

In 1619, twenty Africans stepped foot on American soil as indentured servants. They came with dreams of the future, knowing if they could hold on and finish out their sentences, they would be free. Who were they, how did they get here, and did their lives go the way they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689861494
• ISBN13: 9780689861499
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5