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Summary:

Esperanca Garcia was a slave who lived on a cotton farm run by Jesuit priests in Brazil - until the day she was separated from her husband and older children and taken, with her two little ones, to be the cook in another household. There her life became much, much harder. In desperation, and with extraordinary courage, Esperanca wrote a letter to the governor describing how she and her children were being mistreated and asking permission to return to the farm.

Author/Creator:

Rosa, Sonia , author

Contributors:

Hees, Luciana Justiniani , illustrator

Springer, Jane , translator

Languages:

English
Portuguese

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Portuguese

Main Work:

Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta [by Rosa, S.] (English)

Subjects:

Garcia, Esperança — Juvenile literature

Slavery — Brazil — History — 18th century — Juvenile literature

Enslaved women — Brazil — Biography — Juvenile literature

Brazil — History — 1763-1822 — Juvenile literature

1700-1822

Women slaves

Slavery

Brazil

Genres:

Juvenile works

Biographies

History

General Notes:

Translated from Portuguese.
Accelerated Reader 4.9 0.5
Reading Counts 5.6 3

Audience:

Preteens
Children
Ages: 7-11.
Grades: 2-6.
870L (source: Lexile)

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm

Call Numbers:

J921 G216ro English

ISBNs:

9781554987290

OCLC Numbers:

900656326

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: jlg900656326