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Bradford, Karleen.
Subjects
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.
Canada -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
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Bradford, Karleen.
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.
Canada -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
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A
desperate
road
to
freedom
: the
Underground
Railroad
diary
of
Julia
May
Jackson
/ by Karleen Bradford.
by
Bradford, Karleen.
Scholastic Canada, 2009.
Call #:
FICTION DEA
Subjects
Underground
Railroad
-- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.
Canada -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction.
Series
Dear Canada
ISBN:
9780545996198 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Underground
Railroad
diary
of
Julia
May
Jackson
Description:
240 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Virginia to Canada West, 1863-1864" --Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234).
Summary:
"A riveting tale of a brave family's last bid for
freedom
, and the price they pay to find it.
Julia
May
and her family have done the unthinkable. They have fled from their life of slavery on a tobacco plantation in Virginia, and are making their way north, on foot, where they have heard that slaves can live free. Their story, told through
Julia
May
's journal entries, is gruelling. Their journey takes them through swamps, travelling by night and hiding by day. It is a harrowing, terrifying experience, but determination to find a new life in Canada keeps them going. The
diary
that
Julia
May
keeps is another act of bravery. Learning to read and write alongside her mistress at the plantation was her own secret, and strictly forbidden for a slave girl. Now as she records her fears and the extraordinary things she sees during her journey, she is deeply afraid that she'll be found out and suffer the consequences. But her journal keeps her going through the hard times until they are finally free. Readers will be moved as they follow her family's trek north...but even here old prejudices die hard." --From the publisher.
Genre:
Diary
fiction, Juvenile.
Canadian fiction, Juvenile.
Historical fiction, Juvenile.
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