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Free! : great escapes from slavery on the Underground Railroad : based on true stories by Lorene Cary
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 3553 .A78944 F74 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cary, Lorene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground Railroad--Fiction.
- Underground Railroad.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Fiction.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--19th century--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 86 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : New City Community Press, c2005.
- Summary:
- Lorene Cary adapted these tales from narratives and records that were first told by William Still who was one of the key organizers of the underground railroad.
- Contents:
- William and Peter Still
- "I want my freedom"-Jane Johnson's escape with the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, 1855
- Crossing the river on horseback in the night
- William and Ellen Craft
- Hiding below deck
- Charles Gilbert
- Maria Weems escaping as Jo Wright
- Out of Alabama
- Woman escaping in a box
- Salt water fugitive
- Ten years in the penitentiary for owning uncle Tom's Cabin
- Turpentine stowaways.
- ISBN:
- 9780883782682 (pbk.)
- 0883782685 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 80018037
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