| Description |
7 unnumbered pages, 227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
A six-year-old African chieftain's daughter, sole survivor of her tribe, begins wanderings that take her into slavery in America, into the company of pirates in New Orleans, to fame and fortune in London, and finally to Canada and the only family she's ever known |
| Analysis |
Children's stories in English, 1900- Texts |
| Notes |
Captured into slavery, Pansy, the daughter of an African chieftain is sold to a gentle Tory family to become a companion to their wilful daughter. The family are bankrupted by the Civil War and Pansy is wrested from them and sold to pirates. What could have been tragedy for any other girl, Pansy turned to triumph |
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Children's stories in English, 1900-. Texts (BNB/PRECIS) |
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Originally published, Boston: Little, Brown, 1968 |
| Audience |
For children |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Children's stories.
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Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
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Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100007
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
White, David Omar.
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| ISBN |
0575006862 |
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