Dear America A Picture of Freedom (Dear America), (Hardcover)

from acwheeler

In 1859, Clotee knows firsthand the horrible conditions slaves endure. She has secretly taught herself to read and write, but must keep it a secret, as slaves are forbidden to have such knowledge. Clotte eventually becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping other slaves to freedom a...

from MelAKnee

Clotee lost her mama when she was very young. Her mama was sold by her master. As was with most slave families, the mother was not allowed to take her baby with her. Instead, Clotee was left to live on the Hently plantation with Aunt Tee, Uncle Heb, and the rest of the slaves. Her main job is to ...

from Scuttle2003

I was very caught in to this story and thought that it was very descriptive about the live of a slave girl named clotee's life, her time period, and her thoughts about the changing world all around her. Being the time period that it was, slavery was still going on in clotee's world, and nowadays ...

from justagirlwithabook

I don't remember much of these books as individual books, but I remember reading them all as a young, avid reader. I think that ultimately these books are the reason why I love historical fiction novels so much. They all did such a great job of taking me to a different time and place and making i...

from rata

fantastic, this book had me engaged from the start to finish. very informative about the slavery trade and the atrocities that happened; makes you grateful that this practice of abuse to other humans is no longer allowed. Very sad in some parts and hard to believe that people treated other people...