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Author Woelfle, Gretchen.
Title Mumbet's Declaration of Independence / by Gretchen Woelfle ; Illustrated by Alix Delinois.
Publication Info. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2014]
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Location Call No. Status
 Children's Non-Fiction  Juv. 326 W    IN LIBRARY
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.
Subject Freeman, Elizabeth, 1744?-1829 -- Juvenile literature.
Women slaves -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slaves -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slavery -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Delinois, Alix, illustrator.
ISBN 9780761365891 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
0761365893 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9781467723992 (ebook)


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