When the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter
By Sonia Rosa
Illustrators
Illustrated by Luciana Justiniani Hees
Translators
Translated by Jane Springer
Edition
By Sonia Rosa
Reinforced trade edition
Publisher Groundwood Imprint Groundwood ISBN9781554987290
Awards and Honors 2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–NonfictionWhen the Slave Esperança Garcia Wrote a Letter
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Brazil, 1770: Prompted by her master's cruelty, Esperança, with her "fingers worn out from so much work," wrote a letter petitioning her governor to send her back to her previous farm. Historical notes. Full-color illustrations were drawn in pencil and colored digitally; brush-painted elements were scanned and incorporated digitally.
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