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Under the Freedom Tree by Susan VanHecke

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Under the Freedom Tree

Author
Susan VanHecke
Narrator
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
18 April 2014
Run Time
15 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry
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Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War--seen by some historians as the "beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South--beneath the sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak.

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Author
Susan VanHecke
Narrator
Myra Lucretia Taylor
Duration
15 minutes
Release Date
18 April 2014
ISBN
9781490622897
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage: Poetry

Synopsis

Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War--seen by some historians as the "beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861, three escaped slaves made their way from the Confederate line to a Union-held fort. The runaways were declared "contraband of war" and granted protection. As word spread, thousands of runaway slaves poured into the fort, seeking their freedom. These "contrabands" made a home for themselves, building the first African American community in the country. In 1863, they bore witness to one of the first readings of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South--beneath the sheltering branches of the tree now known as Emancipation Oak.

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