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2015., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: B GAR Edition: First English editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Esperanca Garcia was a slave who lived on a cotton farm run by Jesuit priests in Brazil - until the day she was separated from her husband and older children and taken, with her two little ones, to be the cook in another household. There her life became much, much harder. In desperation, and with extraordinary courage, Esperanca wrote a letter to the governor describing how she and her children were being mistreated and asking permission to return to the farm.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: B Edition: First English editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Esperanca Garcia was a slave who lived on a cotton farm run by Jesuit priests in Brazil - until the day she was separated from her husband and older children and taken, with her two little ones, to be the cook in another household. There her life became much, much harder. In desperation, and with extraordinary courage, Esperanca wrote a letter to the governor describing how she and her children were being mistreated and asking permission to return to the farm.
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2015., Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: 306.3 62092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Esperanca Garcia, an abused slave in 1770 Brazil, who writes a letter to the governor telling him of her mistreatment and waits with hope for his response.