Let My People Go: African Americans 1804-1860

by Deborah Gray White and Dashka Slater

In 1800, black voices began to rise against slavery. People like Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, attempted to launch slave rebellions against the system. Others, such as Maria Stewart and Frederick Douglass wrote books, pamphlets, and speeches calling for the abolition of slavery in the land
of the free. The voices of abolitionists, both black and white, helped end slavery in the Northern states during the early 19th century.
But Southern plantation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195087690
• ISBN13: 9780195087697
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12