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Born at the Battlefield of Gettysburg: An African-American Family Saga Harriette C. Rinaldi Illustrated edition
Born at the Battlefield of Gettysburg: An African-American Family Saga
Harriette C. Rinaldi
A story in which the protagonist's mother, a daughter of free blacks in Philadelphia, was kidnapped from her parents by slave catchers. After the kidnapping, she was enslaved on a Virginia tobacco plantation for 37 years before making her escape to Gettysburg. She was nine months pregnant - and determined that her child would not be born a slave.
180 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 1, 2009 |
| Original release date | 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9781558763326 |
| Publishers | Markus Wiener Publishing Inc |
| Pages | 180 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 12 mm · 299 g |
| Language | English |