Selected Works

nonfiction
"Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves": African Americans in the Time of Reconstruction
"...There is fine reading here for both research and pleasure..." -School Library Journal
historical fiction
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
A freed girl becomes a heroine during the Reconstruction era.
The Captive
In The Captive, Kofi is kidnapped in Africa and enslaved in New England.

HOME IS WITH OUR FAMILY

A free black family living in New York City in the 1850's, is faced with the loss of their home when the city makes plans to build Central Park. This story is based on a little known thriving black community in Manhattan, 1825-1856, called Seneca Village.

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