The Slave Dancer is a moving story of one of the most gruesome chapters of history. When a hurricane strikes the ship everyone aboard is destroyed except Jessie and a young slave boy whose life he had saved earlier. Slave trade, Newbery Medal, Reading (Elementary), Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Computer-assisted instruction, Large type books, Fiction. In spite of the revulsion to the horrors surrounding him, his growing hatred for the crew, and the pity he felt for the slaves, for his own survival Jessie played his fife so that the slaves could 'dance' to keep their muscles strong and their bodies profitable. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox This 1974 Newbery Medal winner, by the author of the Newbery Honor Book One Eyed Cat, is a bitter, painful story told in hauntingly beautiful words. Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo. The cruel nature of both the captain and his crew and their greed for the profit they would reap from the sale of their human cargo make them insensitive to the plight of their captives and even to each other. This starkly realistic, but absorbing account of Jessie Bollier's experiences during the four months of his own captivity reveals the violence and horrors of human enslavement with all its inhuman conditions and bestial aspects. The Slave Dancer is a gripping novel about a thirteen-year-old boy, who is kidnapped from the streets of New Orleans and taken aboard a slave ship in 1840. The Slave Dancer (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction) by Paula Fox, Eros Keith, 1975, Dell, Laurel-Leaf Books edition, in English The slave dancer (1975 edition) Open Library It looks like you're offline.

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