free african americans

"This title examines the life and death of Shields Green"--.

Relates details of the life of Austin Steward who started out his life as a slave and eventually became a freeman.

"A . . . true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South--and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice"--Provided by publisher.

A history of the Kidnapping Club, a network of New York City judges, lawyers, police officers, and bankers who circumvented northern anti-slavery laws by kidnapping and selling free Black Americans for vast sums of wealth.

Marie-Grace Gardner, worried about yellow fever in New Orleans, finds out someone she care about is ill and tries to do what she can to help, and fears the epidemic will cause her to lose her home and family.

Marie-Grace Gardner, having found a baby on the doorstep, asks her friend C?cile Rey to help her protect the child from a slave catcher and worries about rumors about a deadly fever in New Orleans.

Marie-Grace Gardner, having arrived in New Orleans and met the talented opera singer Mademoiselle Oc?ana, wishes to take voice lessons and become friends with C?cile Rey, a student of Mademoiselle, and hopes an unexpected adventure will help her feel at home in the city.

C?cile Rey looks forward to having a one-of-a-kind costume at Mardi Gras and her brother's return from France, while forming a friendship and having a daring adventure with Marie-Grace Gardner.

Explores the relationship of African American barbers with the white men they shaved from the American Revolution to World War I.

Ce?ile Rey plans to spend her summer working with her friend Marie-Grace Gardner at a nearby orphanage and enjoying time with her brother who recently returned from France, but, after yellow fever begins to spread in New Orleans, she worries she will not have the strength to help her family when they need her most.