Age 9-12
Grade 4-6

Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

Black Hands, White Sails

Hardcover (Scholastic Press Oct. 1, 1999) , First Edition edition
Details the amazing courage and bravery of the black sailors who, desperate to escape slavery, became whalers on the dangerous high seas, as well as Frederick Douglass, Paul Cuffe, and other significant figures in the whaling industry and abolitionist movement.
Series
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
ISBN
0590483137 / 9780590483131
Pages
192
Weight
12.8 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.8 in.

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