A school for Pompey Walker

Author(s)

• Rosen, Michael J.
• Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn

Bibliographic Information

A school for Pompey Walker

by Michael J. Rosen ; illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

Harcourt Brace, c1995

Note

Summary: At the dedication of a school named after him, an old former slave tells the story of his life and how his white friend helped him earn the money for the school by repeatedly selling him into slavery, after which he always escaped

Details

• NCID: BA45356297
• ISBN:
  • 015200114X
• LCCN: 94006240
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Diego
• Pages/Volumes: [48] p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ7.R71868
  • DC20 : [Fic]
• Subject Headings:
  • JVSH : Slavery -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Schools -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Underground railroad -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Abolitionists -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Afro-Americans -- Fiction