''A Free Woman On God's Earth''

by Jana Laiz, Ann-Elizabeth Barnes

Overview

"A Free Woman On God's Earth," The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom, is a juvenile biography for ages 8 and up containing over 40 beautiful pencil illustrations. It is the story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, the enslaved African woman who had the courage and conviction to speak what was in her heart, suing for her freedom in a Massachusetts court of law. In gaining her own freedom, she set the stage for the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783. An easy, moving and poignant history for children and adults alike. An engaging history that fulfils the many curriculum frameworks including Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for third, fourth and fifth grades in the categories of Local Biography, Local History, Revolutionary War Heroes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780981491028
Publisher:	Crow Flies Press
Publication date:	08/21/2009
Pages:	119
Sales rank:	185,761
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jana Laiz has been writing for as long as she can remember. She wrote her first novel at age 6: Fuzzy Wuzzy Rabbit. She is the author of the triple Award Winning novel, Weeping Under This Same Moon, Elephants of the Tsunami, written to raise money for tsunami relief, and the co-author of "A Free Woman On God's Earth, The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom". Fascinated by other cultures, Jana studied anthropology and Chinese language at University. She is a teacher, a writer, an editor, a publisher, a photographer, a mom, an animal lover and keeper of pets,

Ann-Elizabeth Barnes has been a story-teller since she was a child. Her favorite thing to do is to make complicated subjects uncomplicated. She likes to do this because in school she didn't always understand the significance and order of historical events as they were presented in class. It was often a hodge-podge of events that made sense to the teachers but not so much to the kids. She loved history but didn't like it when it was described without a continuous thread that kept events in sequence. She loves context! She likes to put history in context so that it is simple to remember.