Prince Estabrook, Slave and Soldier (Carter G Woodson Award Book (Awards))
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 096797710X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Richard Kollen said Does great service an important topic. When envisioning the tense faces of Lexington militia on April 19, 1775 staring at the British regulars as they approach the green, rarely does one place a black face among them. None of the subsequent paintings of the Battle of Lexington included black participation. Through careful research, Alice Hinkle has pieced together into a lively narrative the shards of evidence extant. An overdue history lesson. This book should be required reading for American history buffs and students. Hinkle sifted through Lexington's past and managed to find enough of Prince Estabrook to give us a peek into his life as a slave and a revolutionary soldier more than 200 years ago.
Alice Hinkle is a freelance journalist who lives a stone's throw from the Battle Road in Lexington, Mass. . A correspondent forthe Boston Globe and former editor of the Lexington Minuteman newspaper, Hinkle coauthored two previous books on Lexington. Patriot's Day is one of the favorite holidays of the Hinkle family, which includes Alice, her husband Bill, and their four grown sons and their families
" Alice Hinkle introduces us to Prince Estabrook and deepens our understanding of our complex struggle for liberty and independence." -- Henry Louis Gates Jr., director, W.E.B. Nelson, superintendent of Minute Man National Historical Park"This is a story that needed to be told(it is) a book that librarians should consider adding to their collections." -- Jennifer De Remer, adult services librarian, Robbins Library, Arlington, MA. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University "This book will help Minute Man National Historical Park to illuminate the untold stories of African
NCSS awards go to the most distinguished social science books depicting ethnicity in the United States appropriate for young people.. The National Council on the Social Studies will present "Prince Estabrook" with the 2002 Carter G. Woodson Book Award (middle school division) at the NCSS annual meeting in Nov