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Free! : great escapes from slavery on the Underground Railroad : based on true stories
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.
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Chicago, IL :
New City Community Press,
c2005.
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Table of 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.