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TESTIFY: AMERICANA FROM SLAVERY TO TODAY, AN EXHIBIT OF ART AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE DIANE AND ALAN PAGE COLLECTION
41) Molly Bannaky
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Relates how Benjamin Banneker's grandmother journeyed from England to Maryland in the late seventeenth century, worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave.
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Adebimpe is ten, she is sold with her mother, Sanite, to plantation owner John du Marche. He soon renames her Ady but Sanite never lets her daughter forget who she really is - a person who can read and write and understand numbers. Most importantly, Sanite reminds Ady that she must never reveal these abilities to a white person, especially not her true name. Tasked with maintaining du Marche's home in vibrant New Orleans, Ady takes in the city...
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