Journey to freedom, 1838
2020
Book
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.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780062860392
- 9780062860385
- 0062860380
Edition: First edition.
Description: 84, 10 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Target Audience Note: 008-012.
Other Title:
- Great escapes. Journey to freedom, 1838
- Great escapes. #2, Journey to freedom, 1838
Notes:
- Includes an excerpt from Civil War breakout.
- Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN: 2019026613
Control Number: 2905173
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]Series:
Subjects:
- African American women -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
- Children's stories.
- Enslaved persons -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
- Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
- Plantation life -- Kentucky -- Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Other Authors: Teitelbaum, Michael, editor.