Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery & the Civil War Through Reconstruction

by Linda Barrett Osborne

In association with the Library of Congress. From the perspective of those who lived through a time of pain, strife, and hope comes a powerful message for Black History Month and all year long. Told through unforgettable first-person accounts from slave narratives, journals, diaries, and other sources--much of it never before published for young people--this book is an overview of the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1800 to 1877...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810983389
• ISBN13: 9780810983380
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7