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product_id: 33460100
title: "Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan"
brand: "ashley bryan"
price: "€ 30.46"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 11
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# Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

**Brand:** ashley bryan
**Price:** € 30.46
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by ashley bryan
- **How much does it cost?** € 30.46 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Imaginative, beautifully told and illustrated story bringing 11 enslaved people  to life
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019*

The concept of this book is laudable. Based upon a real document, unnamed enslaved men, women, and children, are inventoried with the livestock and furnishings offered for sale during the appraisal and liquidation of an antebellum estate. The author-illustrator reclaims their humanity by imagining words and pictures identifying them as individuals with memories of  life in Africa,  feelings about  plantation existence,  and their dreams and yearning for freedom.  They are provided with names, ages uand portraits which wrest them from annonimity,  It is heart wrenching to think that these 11 people, once fleshed out, were given no more thought than cattle .  The reader is reminded that all of their labor and now their sale will benefit someone else, Although they have been a community, they are facing separation and  an unknown future to be decided by the whim of some unknown person with money. This Newberry honor book is beautifully and thoughtfully illustrated with evocative , melancholy slave portraits of each person alternating with lively, colorful, optomistic  drawings  showing a life of freedom.  Although this is a Newbery honor book intended for a juvenile audience, I bought it for myself to see how the author-illustrator followed through with his concept.  I was not disappointed with this presentation of a different way to tell this tragic story in American history from the enslaved people’s point of view.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Beautiful book in every way!
  

*by L***. on Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2020*

Ashley Bryan tells a beautifully touching story in Freedom Over Me.  The works would have to be called historical fiction but it is historical fiction at its best.  The characters come to life as we see them from both the outside and then on their inside - their hopes and dreams and sorrows and cares.  The artwork is outstanding.  Now wonder this book won the awards it has.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Powerful yet accessible
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019*

I've been reading a page or two (basically one person's story) each night together with my son. This is a really powerful book, written well with beautiful illustrations. I bought it because I wanted him to start understanding institutional racism. He's young but the book is so accessible that he can relate to the people in the book and we have good discussions about a particular person, yet can also speak to broader historical events (and slavery's legacy).

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*Last updated: 2026-02-22*