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A man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- Title
- A man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad / Glennette Tilley Turner.
- Author
- Turner, Glennette Tilley
- Publication
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 97 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 21 cm
- Summary
- John Horse was a famed chief, warrior, tactician, and diplomat who played a dominant role in Black Seminole affairs for half a century. A political and military leader of mixed Seminole and African heritage, Horse defended his people from the U.S. government, other tribes, and slave hunters by serving as a counselor of fellow Seminole leaders, an agent of the U.S. government, and a captain in the Mexican army.
- Alternative Title
- John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- Subject
- Horse, John, 1812-1882 > Juvenile literature
- Black Seminoles > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Black Seminoles > History > Juvenile literature
- Black Seminoles > Government relations > Juvenile literature
- Slavery > Florida > History > Juvenile literature
- Black Seminoles
- Slavery
- Florida > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Florida
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Note
- "National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom" -- Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10 to 14
- Contents
- Florida -- The West and Washington -- Mexico -- Texas -- Return to Mexico -- Lasting legacy.
- Call Number
- Sc D 22-176
- ISBN
- 9781419749339
- 1419749331
- LCCN
- 2021010594
- OCLC
- 1242017880
- Author
- Turner, Glennette Tilley, author.
- Title
- A man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad / Glennette Tilley Turner.
- Publisher
- New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-87) and index.
- Audience
- Ages 10 to 14 Abrams Books for Young Readers.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 22-176