A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs) cover

A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)

Author: Forten, Charlotte L.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 6.9
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 4850
Points per Word 0.000206
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.03125

Description

This diary of a sixteen-year-old free African American living in Massachusetts in 1854, includes records of her schooling, her participation in the anti-slavery movement, and her concern for an arrested fugitive slave.