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Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance

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By William Loren Katz
Publisher Simon Schuster - (Simon Pulse)
Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance
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This engrossing book, which draws heavily upon primary sources, explores the many ways that slaves fought back against their captors. With accounts of daylight warfare and nighttime escapes, portraits of personal courage and group determination, a preeminent scholar of African American history illuminates a struggle for freedom that spanned centuries.

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40257 words40,257 words
208 pages208 pages
Lexile 1120LLexile 1120L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Published 1998Published 1998

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9780689819193

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