Winston, Sherri,

JOURNEY TO FREEDOM, 1938 / Great escapes : Journey to freedom, 1838 Journey to freedom, eighteen hundred and thirty eight Journal to freedom, eighteen thirty eight SHERRI WINSTON ; EDITED BY MICHAEL TEITELBAUM. - First edition. - 84, 10 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm - Great escapes ; #2 . - Great escapes ; #2 .

Includes excerpt from "Civil war breakout" by Michael Teitelbaum.


Includes bibliographical references.

In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad.

9780062860385 RM 23.50


Fugitive slaves--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
African American women--Social conditions--19th century --Juvenile fiction.


Kentucky--History--Juvenile fiction. --19th century


Historical fiction.

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