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THE PEOPLE COULD FLY : THE PICTURE BOOK
New York : Knopf, 2004.
IL 3-6, RL 3.1
ISBN 0375824057
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Legend has it that the people could fly.  Long ago in Africa, people had wings and could fly.  But when they were captured and put into slave ships, many shed their wings.  The slaves in American had forgotten how to fly.  But an old man named Toby did remember.  And he was able to help the slaves remember too.
SUBJECTS:     Slavery -- Folklore.
                        African Americans -- Folklore.
                        Folklore -- United States.

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