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Author Davis, Kenneth C., author.

Title In the shadow of Liberty [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives / Kenneth C. Davis.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
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Description 1 sound file : digital
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Juvenile tlctarget
Note Electronic audio file.
Performer Read by Various.
Summary "An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 10 to 14.
Contents Introduction: Out of the Shadows -- "The Loudest Yelps for Liberty" -- Two Stolen From Africa -- Timeline 1: 1619-1700 -- "My Multatto Man William" : The Story of Billy Lee -- Timeline 2: 1702-1776 -- "Absconded from the Household of the President" : The Story of Ona Judge -- Timeline 3: 1777-1808 -- Master Jefferson's People : The Story of Isaac Granger -- Timeline 4: 1809-1820 -- White House, Black Man : The Story of Paul Jennings -- Timeline 5: 1821-1832 -- "How Would You Like to Be a Slave?" : The Story of Alfred Jackson -- Timeline 6: 1833-1850 -- Afterword: "That All May Be Free".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2016 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
Presidents -- Relations with African Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. -- Sound recordings.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Electronic audio books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
ISBN 9781101891759 (electronic audio bk.)
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