Books for Children
on Slavery and African-American History
Lester,
Julius. To Be A Slave. 1968. $3.99 (pb).
Pinkney, Brian. Dear Benjamin Banneker. The story of a free black astronomer and mathematician who corresponds with Jefferson. 1994. $15.00.
Pictured: Daguerrotype of Isaac Jefferson, c. 1847. Courtesy of
Tracy W. McGregor Library, Special Collections Department, University
of Virginia Library.