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ID: 211067
Title: Under the Freedom Tree
Author: Susan VanHecke
Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 00:16:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-18-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Non-Fiction, Historical
Summary:
Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War--seen by some historians as the 'beginning of the end of slavery in America.' One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared 'contraband of war' and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These 'contrabands' made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South--beneath the sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak.
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