Format:
Book
Title:
Etched in clay : the life of Dave, enslaved potter and poet / Andrea Cheng ; woodcuts by the author.
Author:
Cheng, Andrea.
Call Number:
j738.092 Dave
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2013.
Description:
xv, 143 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"The life of Dave, an enslaved potter who inscribed his works with sayings and poems in spite of South Carolina's slave anti-literacy laws in the years leading up to the Civil War. Includes afterword, author's note, and sources"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Dave, fl. 1834-1864 -- Juvenile literature.
Dave, fl. 1834-1864
African American potters -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American poets -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American potters.
African American poets.
Slaves -- South Carolina.
ISBN:
9781600604515 (hardcover : alk. paper)
160060451X (hardcover : alk. paper)