A free Black girl before the Civil War : the diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 / edited by Christy Steele with Kerry Graves ; foreword by Suzanne Bunkers ; [illustrator, Linda Clavel].
Author: Forten, Charlotte L.
Publisher: Mankato, Minn. : Blue Earth Books, c2000.
ISBN: 0736803459
Description: 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Series: Diaries, letters, and memoirs
Subject: Forten, Charlotte L. Journal Juvenile literature.
Forten, Charlotte L.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans History.
Diaries.
African Americans Biography.
Women Biography.
African American teenage girls Massachusetts Salem Diaries Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans Massachusetts Salem Diaries Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements Massachusetts History 19th century Juvenile literature.
Salem (Mass.) Race relations Juvenile literature.
Salem (Mass.) Social life and customs Juvenile literature.
Massachusetts Race relations.
Massachusetts Social life and customs.
Summary: The diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American who lived in Massachusettts in 1854 records her schooling, participation in the antislavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.