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To Be a Slave
By Julius Lester (compiler)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Demco Media
Publication date October 1, 1995
Binding Reinforced
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780606009898
ISBN-10 0606009892
Dimensions 0.75 by 4.25 by 7 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $11.76
Other format details juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Presents first-hand accounts of the Negro's experience on the slave ship, the auction block, the plantation, and after emancipation.
Editions
This edition contains multiple works--typically stories or entire novels--that are found in different collections. Below find each work in this edition grouped by how you can find each.
Editions for the work To Be a Slave
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780803723474 Book cover for 9780803789555
 
30 annual edition from Dial Books for Young Readers (October 1, 1998)
9780803723474 | details & prices | 168 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.70 lbs | List price $20.00
About: A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century
With Tom Feelings (other contributor) | from Dial Books for Young Readers (November 1, 1968)
9780803789555 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.99
About: A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780141310015 Book cover for 9780142403860 Book cover for 9780590329231 Book cover for 9780590424608
 
With Tom Feelings (other contributor) | Reissue edition from Puffin (December 29, 2005)
9780142403860 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $6.99
About: A chronological compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
With Tom Feelings (other contributor) | from Puffin (December 1, 2000)
9780141310015 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.45 lbs | List price $6.99
About: A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
Reissue edition from Scholastic Paperbacks (September 1, 1988)
9780590424608 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.15 lbs | List price $5.99
About: Early slave narratives and interviews during the 1930's with ex-slaves provide the source material for this examination of American slavery from the viewpoint of its victims
from Scholastic Paperbacks (June 1, 1985)
9780590329231 | details & prices | 160 pages | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $2.50
About: Early slave narratives and interviews during the 1930's with ex-slaves provide the source material for this examination of American slavery from the viewpoint of its victims
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606009898 Book cover for 9780606203777
 
from Demco Media (February 1, 2002)
9780606203777 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.65
This edition also contains To Be a Slave
About: A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Demco Media (October 1, 1995)
9780606009898 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.76
This edition also contains To Be a Slave
About: Early slave narratives and interviews during the 1930's with ex-slaves provide the source material for this examination of American slavery from the viewpoint of its victims
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780613337328 Book cover for 9780613902083 Book cover for 9780808565628
 
With Tom Feelings (other contributor) | from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2001)
9780613337328 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.20
About: A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780808565628 | details & prices | 3.25 × 10.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.80
from Turtleback Books (February 1, 1986)
9780613902083 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.35 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Early slave narratives and interviews during the 1930's with ex-slaves provide the source material for this examination of American slavery from the viewpoint of its victims
Editions for the work To Be a Slave
Reinforced
Book cover for 9780606009898 Book cover for 9780606203777
 
from Demco Media (February 1, 2002)
9780606203777 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.65
This edition also contains To Be a Slave
About: A compilation of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Demco Media (October 1, 1995)
9780606009898 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.76
This edition also contains To Be a Slave
About: Early slave narratives and interviews during the 1930's with ex-slaves provide the source material for this examination of American slavery from the viewpoint of its victims
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781439511510
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (July 10, 2008)
9781439511510 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.52 lbs | List price $15.99
About: 1969 Newbery Honor Book 1968 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year In an intensely personal new introduction written for this thirtieth anniversary edition, Julius Lester states that at age ten, when his father told him his family's history went back to a bill of sale and no further, the words were one of the defining moments of my life.

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