Book 2001

Dear Ellen Bee

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Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Language: English
Published: 2001

Scrapbooks
Juvenile fiction
Slavery
Fiction
United States
History
Abolitionists
Children's fiction

A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.