is suitable for Junior High School and many
Middle School readers.
Ball and American Slavery -- Charles Ball
story of enslaved African American in the
early 19th century.
Turner -- Terry Bisson
concise look at the life of the leader of
the most famous 19th-century American
slave revolt. [Junior]
Forten -- Peter Burchard
of black teacher and granddaughter of leading
abolitionist based on her diary and letters.
Glory -- Clinton Cox
all-Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment
and its battle history during the Civil War.
Heroes of the American Revolution -- Burke
thumbnail historical account of several African
American Revolutionary War soldiers. [Junior]
Rumor of Revolt -- T.J. Davis
comprehensive look at the New York City slave
conspiracy of 1741 and the New York African
community of that time.
Bondage and My Freedom -- Frederick Douglass
classic book about his life and escape from
Douglass in His Own Words -- Edited by
Douglass was perhaps the most renowned and
influential black leader of the 19th century.
This book is a selection of speeches he made
and editorials he wrote during his lifetime.
Middle Passage -- Tom Feelings
that tell of the cruel and horrifying journey
of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean
to the New World. [Junior]
Slave Narratives -- Henry Louis Gates
relating the experiences of Olaudah Equiano,
Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass and Harriet
Jacobs during slavery.
Star to Freedom -- Gena Gorrell
illustrated examination of the Underground
Railroad, related history and issues.
Burns -- Virginia Hamilton
Slave Law and the case that shook up the nation.
Thousand Gone -- Virginia Hamilton
history of African Americans from slavery
to freedom. [Junior]
Two Fires -- Joyce Hansen
the dramatic and neglected history of the
180,000 African Americans who were part of
the Union Army during the Civil War. [Junior]
on Board -- James Haskins
history of the Underground Railroad, including
true stories of various escapes from Southern
Freedom -- Edited by Belinda Hurmence
stories of their enslavement.
in the Life of a Slave Girl -- Harriet
story of an enslaved woman, the sexual exploitation
she faced and the time she spent in New York
Legacy, A History of New York's African Americans
-- William Loren Katz
history of Black New York from the 1600s to
Truth -- Peter Krass
look at the former New York slave and her
life, with several photographs and illustrations.
Truth -- Patrica C. McKissack
look at the former enslaved New Yorker turned
freedom fighter. [Junior]
Against Slavery -- Pat and Fred McKissack
examination of the major U.S. slave revolts
of the 19th century.
Attucks, Black Leader of Colonial Patriots
-- Dharathula H. Millender
life of an African American man who is commonly
considered to be the first person killed in
the American Revolution. [Junior]
Is Your Time -- Walter Dean Myers
history of African America from colonial to
contemporary times. [Junior]
Attucks, Patriot -- James Neyland
brief look at the life of Revolutionary War
patriot Crispus Attucks. [Junior]
Truth: A Life, a Symbol -- Nell Painter
comprehensive look at the life of Sojourner
Truth and her relationship with the Abolitionist
and Women's Rights Movements.
from Slavery, Five Journeys to Freedom
-- Doreen Rappaport
author brings to life five actual tales of
peoples' escape from slavery via the Underground
Douglass, Patriot and Activist -- Marianne
is a compact, easy to read biography with
several illustrations and pictures. [Junior]
Truth and the Voice of Freedom -- Jane
brief view of Ms. Truth's life, with photographs
and color illustrations. [Junior]
Songs -- Jerry Silverman
created by African American slaves.
Voices from Reconstruction -- John David
the time period from 1865-1877 and discusses
the problems that newly freed African Americans
Abolitionists and Freedom Fighters --
Kimberly Hayes Taylor
several 19th-century African American
Fortune, Free Man -- Elizabeth Yates
African prince, captured at the age of fifteen,
was enslaved in Massachusetts. This book is
the story of his life and struggle for freedom.
Oxford History of African Americans, volumes
1 through 4 -- (various authors)
and African American history from 1502 to
House Publishers Milestones in Black American
History, volumes 2 through 8 -- (various
and African American history from the age
of discovery to reconstruction.
Away -- Jennifer Armstrong
of two girls, one black escaping southern
slavery, the other a white orphan trying to
make it home. [Junior]
and His Son -- James Berry
and son kidnapped in Africa and brought to
different plantations in the South. [Junior]
Ship to Freedom -- James Lincoln Collier
and Christopher Collier
Daniel Arabus on a ship bound for the West
Indies and certain slavery jumps ship in New
York City and attempts to travel a long and
dangerous road to freedom. [Junior]
Comes to Willy Freeman -- James Lincoln
Collier and Christopher Collier
New York girl witnesses her father's death
at the hands of British soldiers. [Junior]
Is Carrie? -- James Lincoln Collier and
is an enslaved orphan who works at a now-famous
restaurant known as Faunces Tavern in New
York City. When she travels with her boss
to the home of George Washington, she finds
out about her past. [Junior]
-- J. California Cooper
generations just before and after the Civil
Longest Memory -- Fred D'Aguiar
young man leads a slave revolt.
Slave Dancer -- Paula Fox
on board a slave ship and the story of a boy
whose musical talent, to his horror, has made
him the one to play music for the slaves to
dance to. [Junior]
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman --
Ernest J. Gaines
story of Jane Pittman's life from slavery
Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl --
African God travels to the New World to free
the slaves. [Junior]
Captive -- Joyce Hansen
boy captured and sold into slavery. [Junior]
-- Belinda Hurmence
the end of the Civil War, a young former slave
searches for her mother.
Passage -- Charles Johnson
petty thief sneaks on board a slave ship to
begin a frightening, funny and horrible adventure.
Women of Plums -- Dolores Kendrick
in the voices of enslaved women.
Journey Home -- Julius Lester
was a runaway who roamed the countryside with
a guitar slung over his shoulder. Louis ran
away when he heard the plantation he grew
up on was for sale. There are six stories
in this book, all based on real people who
had one thing in common: they were enslaved
in our country. [Junior]
Strange New Feeling -- Julius Lester
of three couples lives right after slavery.
Mr. Lester's accounts are based on true stories.
from a Slave Girl -- Mary E. Lyons
of her escape from an evil master and her
life as a fugitive. [Junior]
of the Ark -- Louise Meriwether
the Civil War rages, an enslaved African American
seaman commandeers a Southern boat and makes
to it the North.
Glory Field -- Walter Dean Myers
nearly two hundred and fifty years, a family's
history from the 18th to 20th
-- Gary Paulsen
an enslaved girl, learns the power of reading.
-- Gary Paulsen
as a woman continues to teach people to read
as she tries to locate her daughter. [Junior]
of Salem Village -- Ann Petry
enslaved woman is accused of being a witch.
and Say -- Patricia Polaccio
on a true story of African American soldiers
in the Civil War. [Junior]
by the Ears -- Ann Rinaldi
Hemmings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas
Jefferson, must chose freedom or slavery.
You Please, President Lincoln -- Harriette
of young black man in Haiti. [Junior]
Confessions of Nat Turner -- William Styron
story of Nat Turner's slave revolt.
Juan de Pareja -- Elizabeth Borton de
story of an enslaved painter in 16th-century
-- Margaret Walker
father is a white plantation owner, her mother
an enslaved African American woman in Georgia
during the Civil War.
Daughter -- Mildred Pitts Walter
girl watches her sister sue for her freedom
as Americans fight in the Revolutionary War.