Pinkus aylee biography of michael

          "He died a very old man in " "Pinkus Aylee never returned home..

          Pinkus was born a slave, but he was taught to read and write by his master's daughter.

        1. Oral History.
        2. "He died a very old man in " "Pinkus Aylee never returned home.
        3. Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.
        4. Say his name Pinkus Aylee He will always be remembered as long as I am a teacher.

          5. Pink and Say

          1994 children's book by Patricia Polacco

          First edition

          AuthorPatricia Polacco
          IllustratorPatricia Polacco
          Cover artistPolacco
          LanguageEnglish
          Published1994
          PublisherPhilomel Books
          Publication placeUSA
          Pages48.

          Pink and Say is a children's book written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco.

          It was first published in 1994 by Philomel Books. The story is about two boy soldiers who meet each other in the battlefield during the American Civil War. One of the protagonists, Sheldon Russell Curtis ("Say"), is a white soldier who was injured while trying to escape battle.

          He is saved by a formerly enslaved boy named Pinkus Aylee ("Pink"), who is now a soldier of the 48th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops.[1][2] Pink carries him back to his Georgia home where he and his family were slaves.

          While the frightened soldier is nursed back to health under the care of Pink’s mother, Moe Moe Bay, he begins