Answering the Cry for Freedom, Gretchen Woelfle
Answering the Cry for Freedom, Gretchen Woelfle
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Answering the Cry for Freedom
Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution

Author: Gretchen Woelfle

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/13/2026

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Uncover the lives of thirteen African-Americans who fought during the Revolutionary War.Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the thousands of enslaved and free African Americans living in this country. But African Americans took up their own fight for freedom by joining the British and American armies; preaching, speaking out, and writing about the evils of slavery; and establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Africa. The thirteen stories featured in this collection spotlight charismatic individuals who answered the cry for freedom, focusing on the choices they made and how they changed America both then and now. These individuals include: Boston King, Agrippa Hull, James Armistead Lafayette, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, Prince Hall, Mary Perth, Ona Judge, Sally Hemings, Paul Cuffe, John Kizell, Richard Allen, and Jarena Lee.This audiobook is expertly read by Joniece Abbott-Pratt, with audio engineering by Sam Platt. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.Text Copyright (C) 2016 by Gretchen Woelfle, Illustrations copyright (C) 2016 by R. Gregory Christie (P) (2025) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

About Gretchen Woelfle

Gretchen Woelfle is the author of many books for young readers, including Write On, Mercy! The Secret Life of Mercy Otis Warren, and Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer, which also told the stories of pioneering women in American history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gina on September 09, 2022

AmblesideOnline years 4-6 (I think) book. Read aloud to all four of my kids (ages 16,14,13, and 11). The youngest two were in AO years that had this book assigned when we started it last year but I read it to everyone since we hadn’t had it when the older two were younger. I think I’m in the minorit......more

Goodreads review by Wylaina on October 29, 2018

Having read many other stories of slavery, this one is far too kind to the slave owners. Thomas Jefferson is portrayed as someone who loved and took care of Sally Hemings, even offering to free her children (his children) when he died. George Washington is portrayed a little more harshly, but not by......more

Goodreads review by Janel on January 16, 2022

Super interesting! There were so many things I didn't know before and learned along the way.......more

Goodreads review by Bookbag_Betty on October 22, 2019

"I Began To Feel The Happiness Of Liberty, Of Which I Knew Nothing Before." Boston King was motivated not by vanity but by good sense and hard work. "It Is Not The Cover Of The Book, But What The Book Contains That Is The Question. Many A Good Book Has Dark Covers." "In Every Human Breast,......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on June 08, 2020

This collective biography has an audience of middle school and high school kids to teach about African Americans who made difficult, life-altering, harrowing choices for their lives and freedom from men and women who were abusive, diabolical, or sometimes just plain greedy (here's looking at you, Je......more

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