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Alec's primer

Alec's primer

Children Historical Fiction

Mildred Pitts Walter

Authors: Mildred Pitts Walter
Print type: BOOK

Description:

A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.