Endorsements
Anthony Benezet, Elizabeth Heyrick, Baroness Cox, David Livingstone, Granville Sharp, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Olaudah Equiano, Samuel Sharpe, William Wilberforce.
You will know some of these characters and others will be new discoveries to you. With the increased interest in the Anti-slavery issue in the run up to the anniversary of the abolition of slavery act this book is a must for school libraries as well as prize givings. A new film on Wilberforce due to come out in 2006/2007 will mean that this issue will be prominent in people's minds.Catherine MacKenzie, Author and CF4K Editor
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"The Freedom Fighter" by Derick Bingham.
A full length youth biography on the life of William Wilberforce.
"Ten Girls who used their talents" by Irene Howat.
Another short story on the abolitionist, Harriet Beacher Stowe, the writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, aimed at younger readers.
"A slave set free" by Irene Howat
A full length youth biography on John Newton.Catherine MacKenzie, Author and CF4K Editor