Up before daybreak

By Deborah Hopkinson

Subjects: Social aspects of Cotton trade, Juvenile literature, Textile workers, Biography, Farmers, Reading Level-Grade 4, Baumwollhandel, Working class, Südstaaten, Slavery, Cotton farmers, Baumwollanbau, Reading Level-Grade 8, Cotton growing, Reading Level-Grade 7, Cotton manufacture, Reading Level-Grade 5, Cotton trade, Reading Level-Grade 6, Social aspects of Cotton picking, Sharecroppers, Cotton picking, Social aspects, Slaves, Social aspects of Cotton growing, History, Cotton, Baumwollindustrie, United states, history, juvenile literature, United states, social conditions

Description: In this stunning nonfiction volume, award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson weaves the stories of slaves, sharecroppers, and mill workers into a tapestry illuminating the history of cotton in America. In UP BEFORE DAYBREAK, acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries. The voices of the slaves who toiled in the fields in the South, the poor sharecroppers who barely got by, and the girls who gave their lives to the New England mills spring to life through oral histories, archival photos, and Hopkinson's engaging narrative prose style. These stories are amazing and often heartbreaking, and they are imbedded deep in our nation's history.