Prisoner for liberty
(2008)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 2008
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9780761340225 (electronic bk.) MWT11772021, 076134022X (electronic bk.) 11772021
LANGUAGE
English
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James Forten knew how important freedom was. He was a free African American born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the American Revolution started in 1776, James was too young to help fight for freedom from British rule. But in 1781, at age fifteen, he took a job on the Royal Louis, an American ship. A British warship soon captured the Royal Louis. James was taken prisoner. The British often sold African American prisoners into slavery. What would happen to James? Would he ever see his family again?

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