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Under the Freedom Tree

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | January, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-58089-550-7 $16.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-60734-634-0
(2) K-3 Illustrated by London Ladd. In 1861, when a Union general refused to return three escaped slaves to their owners, he set off a little-known episode in American history in which more than nine hundred slaves ended up in Hampton, Virginia, working for the Union army. The brief, spare verse is accompanied by realistic acrylic paintings depicting everyday life as the growing community builds a new town. Bib.
Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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