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Biddy Mason speaks up
- Title
- Biddy Mason speaks up / by Arisa White and Laura Atkins ; illustrations by Laura Freeman.
- Author
- White, Arisa
- Publication
- Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- 105 pages : color illustrations, color maps, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
- Series Statement
- Fighting for justice ; 2
- Uniform Title
- Fighting for justice ; 2.
- Subject
- Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 > Juvenile literature
- Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891
- Enslaved women > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Enslaved persons > 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
- Freed persons > California > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Frontier and pioneer life > California > Juvenile literature
- African American midwives
- African American women
- Freed persons
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Enslaved persons
- Enslaved women
- California
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 97) and index.
- Contents
- Healing -- Plantation wounds -- Stolen and carried away -- Long walk west, 1848 -- Cottonwood, Utah -- California dreaming -- Freedom for some -- Hope -- Verdict, 1856 -- Living free -- Home -- Building community -- Healing your community: from Biddy's day to ours.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-639
- ISBN
- 9781597144032
- 1597144037
- LCCN
- 2018010807
- OCLC
- 1028608813
- Author
- White, Arisa, author.
- Title
- Biddy Mason speaks up / by Arisa White and Laura Atkins ; illustrations by Laura Freeman.
- Publisher
- Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Fighting for justice ; 2Fighting for justice ; 2.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 97) and index.
- Added Author
- Atkins, Laura, author.Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-639