Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0064461696
ISBN 13
9780064461696
Category
USA Then and Now
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
128
Description
Freedom!Eliza and her baby, running across the ice. Selena and Cornelia Jackson, masquerading as boys. Henry Box Brown, shipping himself north in a wooden crate. Jane Johnson, risking everything to testify against her former owner in court. Ellen Craft, posing as her husband's owner.Escaping from slavery against overwhelming odds, these people were helped by courage, ingenuity, and the informal network known as the Underground Railroad. Here are their gripping stories, told by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Charles Lilly, and accompanied by information about slave laws of the era, key Underground Railroad leaders, and a bibliography. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
