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| | African-American Books, Black History Month at Embracing The Child |
 | | In the United States, as the Civil War began, Douglass recruited young fl men to fight and die for their freedom and the freedom of their brothers held in bondage in the South. |
 | | He became a friend and counselor to presidents, senators, and governors. |
 | | From slave runaways during the colonial era, to the journeys of Lewis and Clark, to the charge at San Juan Hill, Katz vividly recounts the crucial contributions African Americans made during scores of frontier encounters. |
| www.embracingthechild.org /africanamerican.htm (8105 words) |
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