From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester; By (artist) Rod Brown
	List Price:   $17.99 Unit Price:   $14.39 You Save:   $3.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0803718934 ISBN-13:   9780803718937 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Non-Fiction Pub. Date:   January 1998 Pages:   40 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   10 to 14
Subjects
SLAVERY_UNITED STATES_JUVENILE LITERATURE AFRICAN AMERICANS_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
This book combines art, history, & commentary to produce a graphically gripping history of slavery. This is a merging of artistic interpretation & a narrative. Rod Brown's paintings about slavery -- detailed, graphic works of art -- are complemented by Julius Lester's equally intense text. From the cruelty of the Middle Passage to the humiliation of slavery to the joy of freedom, this is a record of horror & hope. List of paintings & their present locations. With twenty-four magnificent paintings and a profoundly moving text, Rod Brown and Julius Lester depict the course of slavery, beginning with the ships sailing from Africa on the notorious Middle Passage and continuing through the Civil War. Julius Lester brilliantly interprets Rod Brown?s powerful paintings, giving weight to both the historical facts and the emotions of the people. Invoking the memories of ancestors whose names they do not know, Mr. Lester and Mr. Brown show the kidnappings, auctions, and whippings. Equally important, they reveal the inner life of the slaves expressed in their secret worship meetings, their heroic escapes, and their joy?tinged with apprehension?about freedom. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road is a work of major importance. FROM SLAVE SHIP TO FREEDOM ROAD presents a series of magnificent paintings created by artist Rod Brown, portraying the story of slavery from its beginnings on the infamous ships of the Middle Passage to the enslaved Africans' and their descendants' centuries of subjugation and their final hard-won freedom. This gifted artist has vividly expressed both the horror of the slaves' experience and the hope and spirit of resistance that sustained the survivors.Acclaimed author Julius Lester's impassioned meditations on the paintings challenge readers to imagine not only the pain and grief, but also the triumph of the slaves: a terrifying voyage in chains and darkness; the humiliating auctions that separated families; the belief in deliverance; the joy and uncertainties of freedom. Together, Mr. Brown and Mr. Lester invoke the memory of their ancestors and provide a stirring testimony to their strength and endurance.