African Town
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Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse. In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda. Their journey includes the savage Middle Passage and being hidden in the swamplands...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0593322886
ISBN13:9780593322888
Release Date:January 2022
Publisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.28 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12
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