Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts

by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack

Book Overview

This meticulously researched book pays tribute to heroes such as Cinque, an African captive who was defended before the Supreme Court by John Quincy Adams, Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman. A Coretta... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590457357
• ISBN13: 9780590457354
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9

Customer Reviews

Rebels Against Slavery by McKissack

The work has a fair representation of African-American uprisings during the early colonial period and afterward. The authors depict the Stone Rebellion at the 1739 site. Osceola refused to turn black allies over to their slaveholders. Toussaint is considered the Father of Haiti. The work explains the tactical retaliation necessary to unbind the shackles of slavery. Famous Americans; such as Richard Allen are depicted. He was the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This book would be very valuable for any student project on the rebellions against slavery in the colonies up through the period of the Civil War and beyond.

Slave History Revealed

A wonderful companion book to history textbooks. Having scanned several history texts to find pertinent and relevant facts concerning the history of slave revolt to no avail, this book was a real "find". The book contains several historical photographs and drawings which aids and assists the student's imagination. The chapters depict leaders of the slave revolt, their lives, their beliefs, the risks they took and the many lives that were lost. The book is heartfelt and compassionate. It does not preach, point accusatory fingers, nor does it apologize, but instead celebrates and remembers the African American men and woman men who fought for what they believed in - freedom - during the Civil War.In an era where I hope we will begin to recognize the mistakes we have made in the past by uncovering our people's cultural diversity, cultural history and the many differences the inhabitants of this country represent, this book is welcomed and applauded. I will use it for my children and in my classroom so that we do not forget, but remember those who helped change and shape the history of our country.