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Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story

by Mark L. Shurtleff · 2009

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"Dred Scott's inspiring and compelling true story of adventure, courage, love, hatred, and friendship parallels the history of this nation from the long night of slavery to the narrow crack in the door that would ultimately lead to freedom and equality for all men"—Cover, p. 2.

Subject
history
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
African AmericanAmerican historyslavery
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 541 pages

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