Slavery Time When I Was Chillun

by Belinda Hurmence

Book Overview

The voices of former slaves ring out in this unforgettable portrait of American history. Young readers meet 12 slaves men and women from mansions and plantations, tobacco and cotton groves and share... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399231943
• ISBN13: 9780399231940
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A must read for anyone

The language made it tough to read but the message was very clear. Reading how those people actually felt as former slaves was very enlightening. They had been abused and oppressed for so many years and generations, they thought very little of themselves. As a black woman born and raised in Georgia, it explained a lot of the behavior still exhibited by the blacks and the whites of today. While these behaviors and attitudes are blatant in the south, they are prevalent in all areas of the USA.