Mumbet's Declaration of Independence / by Gretchen Woelfle ; Illustrations by Alix Delinois.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 2014Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0761365893 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- 9780761365891 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- Freeman, Elizabeth, 1744?-1829 -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Slavery -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women slaves -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Freeman, E. W842 | Available | 33111008013860 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"All men are born free and equal."
Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts enslaved person, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against the richest man in town?
Mumbet was determined to try.
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells her story for the first time in a picture book biography, and her brave actions set a milestone on the road toward ending slavery in the United States.
"The case is fascinating, emphasizing the destructive irony at the heart of the birth of America and making Mumbet an active and savvy architect of her own release, and this is likely to spur much discussion." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Includes bibliographical references.
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.
Ages 6-10.
Accelerated Reader 3.4