From Slave to Soldier

By Deborah Hopkinson

Subjects: United States in fiction, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Mules, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Soldiers, fiction, Slavery, Drovers in fiction, African Americans in fiction, Mules, fiction, Slavery in fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Juvenile fiction, Soldiers in fiction, History, Soldiers, Mules in fiction, African American soldiers, Drovers

Description: A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises.