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With Open Hands

  • Jeri Ferris

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Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, a slave who found freedom in California in 1856, who practiced the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered babies, and started many philanthropic projects after becoming a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles.

Genres

  • Biography
  • Juvenile literature
  • Slaves
  • Women slaves
  • African American midwives
  • African American women
  • African Americans
  • Women
  • Slavery, united states
  • Blacks, biography
  • Women, biography
  • Slaves, united states
  • African american women
  • African americans, biography, juvenile literature
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About the author

  • Jeri Ferris

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    2 ratings · 15 works

Editions

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    Carolrhoda Books

    February 2002

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    Carolrhoda Books

    October 1998

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    Carolrhoda Books

    1999