- Juvenile literature, Slaves, African Americans, Biography
The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Yates
- First published
- 1950
- Pages
- 181
- Publisher
- Aladdin Books, Puffin Books, Dutton
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780976193272
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