children / young adult social justice book lists
how to find children's books on slavery
you can locate books in the libraries using omni and entering the title, author or subject of the book. to find a book by subject, you can enter a subject heading. be sure to select "subject" in advanced search. a sample of subject heading for books on slavery are listed below:
- slavery - history - juvenile literature
- slavery - juvenile literature
- african americans - history - to 1863 - juvenile literature
- underground railroad - juvenile literature
- underground railroad - juvenile fiction
- fugitive slaves - united states - juvenile literature
- fugitive slaves - juvenile fiction
- african americans - history - juvenile literature
a selection of titles
47 by number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious tall john, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
chains by after being sold to a cruel couple in new york city, a slave named isabel spies for the rebels during the revolutionary war.
elijah of buxton by in 1859, eleven-year-old elijah freeman, the first free-born child in buxton, canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the american south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
f is for freedom by when ten-year-old manda interrupts a midnight delivery, she discovers her parents' involvement in the underground railroad and makes her own contribution to a fugitive slave's freedom.
heart and soul by an simple introduction to african-american history, from revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of president obama.
slavery by slavery has plagued human history for thousands of years. during the colonization of the americas, more than 12 million africans were stolen from their homelands and forced to work in plantation colonies. what was it like to be enslaved? how did people endure such hardships? how did the enslaved fight for freedom?
underground to canada by two slave girls escape from a plantation near vicksburg, mississippi and steal toward canada on the underground railroad.
under the quilt of night by a young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the underground railroad to escape to freedom in the north. traveling late one night, a runaway slave girl spies a quilt hanging outside a house. the quilt's center is a striking deep blue -- a sign that the people inside are willing to help her escape. can she bravely navaigate the complex world of the underground railroad and lead her family to freedom?
