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A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2001Scholastic Inc · 161 pages · 9780439342582
- Other · English · 2000Atheneum Books for Young Readers · 161 pages · 9780689823794
- Other · English · 2000DEAR ELLEN BEE a Civil War scrapbook of Two Union SpiesScholastic · 9780439406437
ScrapbooksJuvenile fictionSlaveryFictionUnited StatesUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865HistoryAbolitionists