Molly Bannaky

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Synopsis
On a cold gray morning in 1683, Molly Walsh sat on a stool tugging at the udder of an obstinate cow. When she spilled the milk, she was brought before the court for stealing. Because she could read, Molly escaped the typical punishment of death on the gallows. At the age of seventeen, the English dairymaid was exiled from her country and sentenced to work as an indentured servant in British Colonial America. Molly worked for a planter in Maryland for seven long years. Then she was given an ox hitched to a cart, some supplies-and her freedom. That a lone woman should stake land was unheard of. That she would marry an African slave was even more so. Yet Molly prospered, and with her husband Bannaky, she turned a one-room cabin in the wilderness into a thriving one hundred-acre farm. And one day she had the pleasure of writing her new grandson's name in her cherished Bible: Benjamin Banneker.

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner

Copyright:
1999

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
32 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780395722879
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Alice McGill, Chris K. Soentpiet
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
Yes
Categories:
History, Children's Books, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:
Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade
Submitted By:
Kathy Swartz
Proofread By:
N/A
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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