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Letters from a Slave Boy

by Mary E. Lyons

Ages: 12+

Published: 2007

Publisher: Atheneum

ISBN: 978-0-689-87867-1

Keywords: Slavery

Joseph's escape from slavery in North Carolina includes life aboard a New Bedford whaler and gold prospecting in California. Carefully researched.