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false <![CDATA[To Be a Slave]]> 178462 18 To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold... This book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and Tom Feelings's powerful and muted paintings, To Be a Slave has been a touchstone in children's literature for over thirty years. "It is rare to find a book that enables children to identify as compellingly with slaves as this one does." -Publishers Weekly "From history-and for our time-there's nothing better than To Be a Slave." -The New York Times Book Review Awards: A 1969 Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Smithsonian Magazine Best Book of the Year 172402 book 1970 To Be a Slave total:165|5:53|4:62|3:39|2:8|1:3| 165 649 244 44 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 3 1 false Thu Nov 20 15:55:08 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 15:57:51 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 878876 0142403865 9780142403860 5 2 To Be A Slave (Puffin Modern Classics) 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179126924m/878876.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/878876.To_Be_A_Slave 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 14:11:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 14:11:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:29:54 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 17:33:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 4 1 false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 08:43:59 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 08:47:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2729476 0590424602 9780590424608 9 3 To Be a Slave (Point (Scholastic Inc.)) 3.93 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2729476.To_Be_a_Slave 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 19:14:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:42:17 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2729476 0590424602 9780590424608 9 3 To Be a Slave (Point (Scholastic Inc.)) 3.93 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2729476.To_Be_a_Slave 5 0 false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 01:28:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:26:39 -0700 2009
This book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical comm...more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:26:22 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:30:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 4 1 false Tue Oct 06 14:33:12 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:41:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 5 0 false Mon Sep 21 11:17:51 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:22:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 5 0 false Fri Oct 12 17:45:58 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 17:57:16 -0700 2007
This book terrified me, disgusted me, haunted me.

To read the words of people who'd actually been slaves...not of their grandparents...or great-grandparents...but the words of slaves thems...more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 07:30:44 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 07:34:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 3 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 18:16:44 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 11:14:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 4 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:43:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:46:58 -0700 2009 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 5 0 false Tue Jun 23 15:14:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 15:16:03 -0700 2009 2729476 0590424602 9780590424608 9 3 To Be a Slave (Point (Scholastic Inc.)) 3.93 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2729476.To_Be_a_Slave 4 0 false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 19:59:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 12:08:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 5 1 false Fri Mar 27 08:59:06 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:01:21 -0700 2009 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 0 0 false Tue Nov 25 09:55:43 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 09:55:58 -0800 2008
For more comprehensive accounts of slave life, check out the LOC.gov site for "born in slavery" the WPA New Deal project for out of work writers.
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You say that my story may be put into a book, that you are from the Federal Writers' Project. Well, the Negro will not get anything out of it, no matter where you are ...more...]]> 178462 0141310014 9780141310015 145 39 To Be a Slave 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172461905m/178462.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178462.To_Be_a_Slave 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 17:10:21 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 04:35:19 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1643061