Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

by Gretchen Woelfle

Book Overview

Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War.

Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162979306X
• ISBN13: 9781629793061
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7