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Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

by Dennis Brindell Fradin

 

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ISBN: 0395970172
Yr Published: Oct. 2000
Publisher: Houghton Miffln
HARDCOVER Pages: 224
About this Book

Reading Level: Young Adult

From the Publisher


The stories of slaves who fled the South in search of freedom are some of the most riveting in American history. The fugitives usually left at night, with little or no food or money and only the light of the North Star to guide them. Gathered here are twelve stirring stories of escape, including those of Henry "Box" Brown, Ellen and William Craft, and Harriet Tubman, along with less well known but equally compelling accounts of Mary Prince, Eliza Harris, Margaret Garner, John Anderson, Solomon Northrup, and others. Accompanied by striking archival prints and photographs, these thought-provoking narratives vividly depict the horrors of slavery and the high value of freedom, and are a testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit. Bibliography, index.