Title Hurry freedom : African Americans in Gold Rush California / Jerry Stanley.

Publication Info.	New York : Crown Publishers, [2000]
	©2000

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA Fic Stanle Hur 2000	Available	---		Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.

Edition	1st ed.
Description	85 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
	age Children
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82) and index.
Contents	We saw a black man straining -- Our hearts soared to the clouds -- See owner inside -- Strong in the spirit of freedom -- A modest request -- Assemble yourselves together -- When each heart was innocent -- Hurry freedom -- Freedom.
Summary	Recounts the history of African Americans in California during the Gold Rush while focusing on the life and work of Mifflin Gibbs.
Provenance	Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject	California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.
	California.
	Gold mines and mining.
	African American pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African American pioneers.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar -- Juvenile literature.
	Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar.
	African American pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	California -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
	Race relations.
Genre/Form	History.
	Juvenile works.
	Biographies.
ISBN	0517800969
	9780517800966
	0517800942 (paperback)
	9780517800942 (paperback)