Book Audiobook 2016

In the Shadow of Liberty

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Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Published: 2016

Race relations
Presidents
Slavery
Relations with African Americans
Slaves
African Americans
Juvenile literature
History

Here are the stories of five enslaved people who witnessed the birth of America: Billy Lee, valet to George Washington; Ona Judge, who escaped from Martha Washington; Isaac Granger, servant of Thomas Jefferson; Paul Jennings, who witnessed the War of 1812 in James Madison's White House; and Alfred Jackson, "owned" by Andrew Jackson. These true stories explore our country's great, tragic contradiction--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles.