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My teacher, Ms. Edinger wrote a book about Sarah Margru Kinson. She was on the Amistad during the slave revolt. I liked the story because it really sounded like what would have happened during that time. The name of the story is Africa is my home. I really got a feel of what it was [...]
On Friday, 2/6/09, Elizabeth Alexander the poet came to Dalton to talk about and read some of her poetry. She talked mostly about the Amistad and slavery because that’s what we’re studying in school. She also talked about Ms. Crandall and her school for female African Americans. Ms. Crandall was a white woman who thought [...]