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Captive

by Joyce Hansen · 1994

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When Kofi's father, an Ashanti chief, is killed, Kofi is sold as a slave and ends up in Massachusetts, where his fate is in the hands of Paul Cuffe, an African American shipbuilder who works to return slaves to their homeland in Africa.

FictionSlave-tradeSlave tradeJuvenile fictionSlaveryAfrican AmericansChildren's fictionSlavery, fictionAfrica, fictionMassachusetts, fictionSailorsHistory