Copper sun

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314 pages

English language

Published July 10, 2008 by Simon Pulse.

ISBN:
978-1-4169-5348-7
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

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reviewed Copper sun by Sharon M. Draper

Slavery in colonial America

4 stars

I picked this one up because it was written by my high school English teacher. The best teacher I had at any level. Copper Sun is the story of two 15 year old girls, one a slave and one an indentured servant, in the colony of South Carolina. Written for early teens, it uses fairly simple language but the author addresses the horrors of slavery head on. An important tale well told.

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Subjects

  • Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
  • Indentured servants -- Juvenile fiction
  • African Americans -- 18th century -- Juvenile fiction
  • South Carolina -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile fiction
  • Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1565-1763 -- Juvenile fiction