Book
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, & Five Black Lives
- Published
- 2016
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 304
- Words
- 44571
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 8.2
- Lexile
- 1110L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 12–17
Here are the stories of five enslaved people who witnessed the birth of America: Billy Lee, valet to George Washington; Ona Judge, who escaped from Martha Washington; Isaac Granger, servant of Thomas Jefferson; Paul Jennings, who witnessed the War of 1812 in James Madison's White House; and Alfred Jackson, "owned" by Andrew Jackson. These true stories explore our country's great, tragic contradiction--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781627793117
- ISBN-10
- 1627793119
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyHistory-American/U.S. HistoryHistory-SlaveryNonfictionPeople-African AmericanPeople-Enslaved PeoplePeople-U.S. Presidents