Passing for white / Tanya Landman.

By:

Landman, Tanya [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781781126813 (paperback)

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DDC classification:

823.92 23

Summary: It's 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can 'pass for white'. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman - and Benjamin's master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom. Inspired by the amazing true story of Ellen Craft who escaped a life of slavery through a daring disguise and won freedom for herself and her husband.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Teen Fiction	Ōpunakē LibraryPlus Teen	Teen Fiction	LAND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		i2195973

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It's 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can 'pass for white'. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman - and Benjamin's master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom. Inspired by the amazing true story of Ellen Craft who escaped a life of slavery through a daring disguise and won freedom for herself and her husband.

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