Abraham Lincoln: Letters from a Slave Girl
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Hardcover
(Winslow Pr, May 10, 2001)
A fascinating new series makes history come alive as Lettie, a 12-year-old slave living on a plantation in South Carolina, begins corresponding with Abraham Lincoln and continually implores him to free the slaves, and soon President Lincoln, overcome with conscience, drafts the Emancipation Proclamation. 25,000 first printing.
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