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Escape to freedom : the Underground Railroad adventures of Callie and William / Barbara Brooks Simon.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E450 .S58 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simon, Barbara Brooks.
- Series:
- I am American.
- I am American
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature.
- Underground Railroad.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Fugitive slaves--Kentucky--Juvenile literature.
- Slavery--Kentucky--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Kentucky--History--19th century.
- Kentucky.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Kentucky.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 40 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic, [©2004].
- Summary:
- An account of two slaves who escaped from their masters in Kentucky and, aided by the people of the Underground Railroad, made their way to freedom in Canada.
- Contents:
- Callie runs
- William's escape
- "Follow the drinking gourd"
- Steal away, steal away
- Aboard the Underground Railroad
- Crossing to Canada.
- Notes:
- Contains "Reader's Guide".
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0792265513
- 9780792265511
- 9780329374051
- 0329374052
- OCLC:
- 52423926
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