Fredrick McKissack

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1) Black hands, white sails: the story of African-American whalers

Author

McKissack, Pat

Pub. Date

1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

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A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement.

2) Let my people go: Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter, Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-16

Author

McKissack, Pat

Series

Anne Schwartz book

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[1998]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

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The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls the stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to the experiences of African Americans.

3) Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters

Author

McKissack, Pat

Pub. Date

1994

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.

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Fredrick McKissack

1) Black hands, white sails: the story of African-American whalers

2) Let my people go: Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter, Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-16

3) Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters