Come August, Come Freedom

Come August, Come Freedom
Author: Gigi Amateau
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763656585

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An 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as "Prosser’s Gabriel" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life. In a time of post-Revolutionary fervor in Richmond, Virginia, an imposing twenty-four-year-old slave named Gabriel, known for his courage and intellect, plotted a rebellion involving thousands of African- American freedom seekers armed with refashioned pitchforks and other implements of Gabriel’s blacksmith trade. The revolt would be thwarted by a confluence of fierce weather and human betrayal, but Gabriel retained his dignity to the end. History knows little of Gabriel’s early life. But here, author Gigi Amateau imagines a childhood shaped by a mother’s devotion, a father’s passion for liberation, and a friendship with a white master’s son who later proved cowardly and cruel. She gives vibrant life to Gabriel’s love for his wife-to-be, Nanny, a slave woman whose freedom he worked tirelessly, and futilely, to buy. Interwoven with original documents, this poignant, illuminating novel gives a personal face to a remarkable moment in history.


Come August, Come Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 275
Authors: Gigi Amateau
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-11 - Publisher: Candlewick Press

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An 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as "Prosser’s Gabriel" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life. In a time
Come August, Come Freedom
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Gigi Amateau
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-11 - Publisher: Candlewick Press

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Pages: 344
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