Lester, Julius.

To be a slave / Julius Lester ; illustrated by Tom Feelings. - New York : Scholastic, [1986], c1968. - 160 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dial, 1968.

Bibliography: p. 159-160.

A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.

ISBN: 0590329235 (pbk.) 0590424602 (Scholastic Point)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--Condition of slaves.--United States
Slaves--Biography.--United States
Afro-Americans--History--To 1863.