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Item Nr: B 122028 Title: Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom
Grade Lvl: PI Author: Lapham, Steven Sellers
Length: 36 Prod/Pub: Sleeping Bear Press
Copyright: 2014 Series:
Book Type: NP Biographee: Reid, Philip, approximately 1820-1892.
Copies: 4 Loan Period: 42 days
 
  Explores the life of Philip Reid, a slave who helped cast the 'Statue of Freedom' that was placed atop the Capitol building in 1863. The endpapers reproduce Reid’s purchase papers, and an epilogue features Reid’s pay stub from the foundry ($1.25 per day). AR 4.5 IL 1-4.

  Subjects:
  791 - AFRICAN AMERICANS
  58 - AMERICA--HISTORY/AMERICAN
  204 - BIOGRAPHY
  1601 - BIOGRAPHY--MEN
  1840 - PRIMARY SOURCES
  975 - SCULPTURE
  998 - SLAVERY
  1160 - WASHINGTON, D.C.