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Follow me down to Nicodemus town

based on the history of the African American pioneer settlement
  • LaFaye, A
"When Dede sees a notice offering land for black people in Kansas, her family decides to quit sharecropping and become homesteading pioneers"--Provided by publisher.

Martha and the slave catchers

  • Alonso, Harriet Hyman
2017
When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave.
Cover image of Martha and the slave catchers

The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

  • Coats, J. Anderson
"Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer's expedition to bring orphans and Civil War widows to Washington Territory, but life out west isn't at all what she expected"--.

Juba!

  • Myers, Walter Dean
In Five Points, New York, in the 1840s, African American teenager William Henry "Juba" Lane works hard to achieve his dream of becoming a professional dancer but his real break comes when he is invited to perform in England. Based on the life of Master Juba; includes historical note.
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