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Title Biddy Mason speaks up / by Arisa White and Laura Atkins ; illustrations by Laura Freeman.
Author White, Arisa, author.
Publication Info. Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2019]
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 Eatonville  J B MASON    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B MASON    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B MASON    Check Shelves
 South Trail  J B MASON    Check Shelves
Description 105 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Fighting for justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 97) and index.
Contents Healing -- Plantation wounds -- Stolen and carried away -- Long walk west -- Cottonwood, Utah -- California dreaming -- Freedom for some -- Hope -- Verdict -- Living free -- Home -- Building community -- Healing your community: from Biddy's day to ours.
Summary Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
Subject Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 -- Juvenile literature.
Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891.
Women slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American midwives -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Freedmen -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.
Women slaves -- Biography.
Slaves -- Biography.
African American women -- Biography.
African American midwives -- Biography.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Freedmen -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Genre Biographies.
Subject ocls african american juv bio
Added Author Atkins, Laura, author.
Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
ISBN 9781597144032 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $18.00
1597144037 (hardcover : alk. paper)