Under the Freedom Tree (DVD video)

from BeckieZimmerman

This is an historical fiction, poetry picture book I think is more appropriate for older grades. Because of the content of slavery, a more mature concept, and also the formatting of the poems I think may be hard to understand has a younger reader. I believe this is more suitable for perhaps 4th o...

from Sullywriter

Free verse story about the first contraband camp formed during the Civil War in Hampton, Virginia.

from rjones34

Summary: "Under the Freedom Tree" is a free-verse narrative that tells the true story of the Civil War's first contrabands. Three men, Frank, James, and Shepard escaped the Confederate line one night in 1861 and rowed across the harbor to a Union-held fort. Instead of returning the men back to th...