AUDIO BOOK READING - BREAKING THE CHAINS, Week 2 Chapter 2

"In the North tax money built libraries and public schools

in the South it built jails to hold slaves and paid the salaries of slave patrols.

New York state published more newspapers than the fourteen slave states combined."

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“In his Breaking The Chains, which earned the Carter G. Woodson award, Katz chronicles how resistance by Africans marked the era of slavery. It shows how slaves battled for dignity and liberty in fields, cities, through education and religion, by joining maroon colonies, by staging revolts or fleeing on the Underground Railroad. Katz shows how slaves transformed the Civil War into a battle for freedom and brought about the Union victory. “This book will force many readers to reexamine their assumptions about American history… Young readers will be fascinated and better informed for having experienced this book,” wrote School Library Journal. Striking photographs highlight this unknown heritage.”

— Black Child Magazine, February/March 19

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