Breaking the Chains

by William Loren Katz

Book Overview

Centering Black voices and the narratives of enslaved people, this young adult history offers a thoroughly researched account with first-hand testimonies of how people in bondage were themselves a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689314930
• ISBN13: 9780689314933
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Slavery Issues in the mind of William loren Katz

Breaking the Chains was a well written book by a former middle school social studies teacher named William Loren Katz. It was organized in a very easy and understanding manner. This book was very interesting in that, it told about a lot more slavery issuses than a high school like myself has learned about. It brought to life many historical figures that influenced the institution of slavery on both sides if the issue. It talked about the slaves daily toils and struggles, to the fights and rebellions. It also takes you to their march to freedom. This book would be good for anyone who wants to know more about American slavery. It demonatrates how slavery in America was finally defeated through the sacrifices and rebellion of the slaves themselves. Breaking the Chains is a book that keeps your attetion from cover to cover. Katz lets the facts and truth of slavery known to man in this book.

The story will change your aspects on the black history!

In reading the novel "Breaking the Chains," itchanged my aspects on the black history were they began to treat theirmasters as extremely dum people. They had many dialects to hid their dances, the get togethers, and other activities that they were engade with durning their life of terror.