Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm |
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age Children |
Summary |
Presents the true story of Martha Ann Ricks, who was born a slave in Tennessee in 1817, received her freedom, and traveled to Liberia with her family; and describes how, in gratitude to Queen Victoria for keeping her people safe, determined to present her with a special handmade quilt. |
Audience |
3.7 Follett Library Resources. |
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K-3 Follett Library Resources. |
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K-3. |
Indexed In: |
Multicultural Review, September 2007 |
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Resource Links, April 2007 |
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Black Issues Book Review, March 2007 |
Audience |
3.7. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
Subject |
Ricks, Martha Ann, approximately 1817-1901 -- Juvenile literature.
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Ricks, Martha Ann, approximately 1817-1901. |
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African American women -- Liberia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African American women. |
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Liberia. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
African Americans -- Liberia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans. |
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Enslaved persons -- Tennessee, East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Enslaved persons. |
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East Tennessee. |
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Quilts -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Quilts. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
Subject |
Quilts -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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England. |
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Juvenile literature.
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. |
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Liberia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Tennessee, East -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Födi, Lee Edward, illustrator.
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ISBN |
1933285591 |
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9781933285597 |
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