Reviews for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color

The average rating for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-17 00:00:00 Robbie Grant McKissck recounts familiar Jewish Bible stories from the perspective of 19th century African Americans. In the cadence of southern black speech, the narrator compares Esther to a light skinned African American woman who rescues a group of slaves; Joseph to a slave boy who forgives the betrayal which causedhim to be sold away from his family; and of course Moses to the black American slaves demanding their own freedom. As an African American Jewish mother this book has always had a very powerful meaning for me, right up there with Alvin Ailey's "Revelations"

Review # 2 was written on 2020-10-09 00:00:00 C�line Crettenand Read aloud with my 13 year old. This was a random find at a used library sale, and we loved it so much. Let My People Go is a beautiful mix of history, culture, and biblical storytelling as told by a free man of color (pre-13th Amendment), and it has such a unique spin from any other book of bible stories. It would pair perfectly alongside a US pre-Civil War history study, but honestly would be great at any time.