Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom: ALA Notable Children's Book

by Virginia Hamilton

Book Overview

Illus. in black-and-white. In this companion volume to the award-winning The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton traces the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad in America. Thirty-five... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394828739
• ISBN13: 9780394828732
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 151 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Opression

The purpose of the book Many Thousand Gone by Virginia Hamilton is to teach others about the many struggles slaves went through and how some people were kind hearted enough to help. Virginia intended this book for many audiences. She wanted everyone to know about the slavery times. This book has many stories from the beginning to when slaves were brought over from Africa, to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and when the Union enlisted black troops. I would recommend this book to anyone because it is very informative, interesting, and thorough in its descriptions in what slaves went through. Bethany H

Many Thousand Gone

I would definently reccomend this book to anyone, especially someone who is interested in learing about slavery like myself! The purpose of this book is to tell where and when slavery began. This book in my opinion is mainly for people who are interested in history; mainly slavery. Renay G

Afriacn Amercain Slavery

I would recommend this book because it gives you a bunch of information on African American Slavery. For you people that are interested in Slavery then I would recomend you to go and check out this book. You learn when and where the events of American Slavery took place. In the book it gives you a bunch of people and they tell you there opions and what they think about the slavery, and they also have paople that have had an experience or family in the slavery. Jolynn.N.

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Audience: anyone who is interested in slaves/slavery Purpose: to inform you about different slaves Summary: This is an informative bool about slaves.It starts in 1619 and goes through 1863 talking about slaves and what happened to them. (note: in chronological order)It gives several stories about different slaves. It tells what happened to them, if they died, if they escaped/captured, if they have families. It also tells a little about war and other historic events. Ashley M.

Many Thousand Gone

An excellent collection of stories of early African Americans, Many Thousand Gone begins with the first slaves arriving in the United States in 1619 and goes through the close of the Civil War and the end of slavery. Each chapter relates an easy to read account of people who represent the events surrounding slavery, particularly during the 1800s. Accounts of escapes along the Underground Railroad are included as well as the stories of individuals who played a significant part of black history. These include Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Soujourner Truth, and many others. All in all, this book was a joy to read and very informative.