A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War

By Charlotte L. Forten

Subjects: Juvenile literature, History, Diaries, Women, biography, Free African Americans, Women, biography, juvenile literature, African americans, biography, juvenile literature, African Americans, Tagebuch, Biography, Massachusetts, juvenile literature, Antislavery movements, African American teenage girls, African americans, biography, Social life and customs, Race relations, Women, Massachusetts

Description: The diary of a sixteen year old free African American who lived in Massachusetts in 1854 records of her schooling, participation in the anti-slavery movement, and concern for an arrested fugitive slave. Includes sidebars, activies and a timeline related to this era are also included.