7 yo African girl is kidnapped and sold into slavery. She is encouraged by her Boston owners to become literate and becomes a the first published African American woman.
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A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.
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