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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OCLC Number:
191091234

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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

  • Indentured servants
  • Contract labor
  • History
  • African Americans
  • Slavery
  • Fiction

Places

  • South Carolina
  • 1565-1763 Spanish colony
  • Florida