Author: Boyd UpchurchPublisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451073785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Slave Stealer
Author: Boyd UpchurchPublisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451073785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Slave Stealer
Author: John BoydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Alternate LCCN: 68-12133.
Slave Stealers
Author: Timothy BallardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781629724843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follow two abolitionists who fought one of the most shockingly persistent evils of the world: human trafficking and sexual exploitation of slaves. Told in alternating chapters from perspectives spanning more than a century apart, read the riveting 19th century first-hand account of Harriet Jacobs and the modern-day eyewitness account of Timothy Ballard. Harriet Jacobs was an African-American, born into slavery in North Carolina in 1813. She thwarted the sexual advances of her master for years until she escaped and hid in the attic crawl space of her grandmother's house for seven years before escaping north to freedom. She published an autobiography of her life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which was one of the first open discussions about sexual abuse endured by slave women. She was an active abolitionist, associated with Frederick Douglass, and, during the Civil War, used her celebrity to raise money for black refugees. After the war, she worked to improve the conditions of newly-freed slaves. As a former Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security who has seen the horrors and carnage of war, Timothy Ballard founded a modern-day "underground railroad" which has rescued hundreds of children from being fully enslaved, abused, or trafficked in third-world countries. His story includes the rescue and his eventual adoption of two young siblings--Mia and Marky, who were born in Haiti. Section 2 features the lives of five abolitionists, a mix of heroes from past to present, who call us to action and teach us life lessons based on their own experiences: Harriet Tubman--The "Conductor"; Abraham Lincoln--the "Great Emancipator"; Little Mia--the sister who saved her little brother; Guesno Mardy--the Haitian father who lost his son to slave traders; and Harriet Jacobs--a teacher for us all.
Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer
Author: Frances SchoonmakerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781736827895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sid Johnson's parents claim they don't know anything about a slave stealer that slave holders call the "Phantom." But when Sid discovers that their Southern Illinois farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad, he isn't so sure Ma and Pa are telling him the truth. They could get caught breaking the law. When bounty hunters threaten Pa, Sid resolves to take action to protect the family. Before his plans are in place, bounty hunters burn the barn. With a civil war brewing and the farm compromised as a stop on the Underground Railroad, Ma and Pa decide to go west. Disappointed that he failed to learn any more about the slave stealer, Sid is glad to leave the slave question behind. He is about to find out that the ugly shadow of slavery reaches beyond the Johnson farm to the Santa Fe Trail, and his involvement with the Phantom Slave Stealer has just begun.
The Slave Stealer
Author: William RobertsSlave Life in Georgia
Author: John BrownStealing South
Author: Katherine AyresPublisher: Yearling
ISBN: 9780440418016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Will Spencer leaves home to become a peddler, but gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to go to Kentucky, steal two slaves, and help them reach their brother in Canada.
The Branded Hand
Author: Jonathan WalkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This book describes the ordeal of Jonathan Walker, a ship captain who in 1844 attempted to help four slaves escape from Florida to the Bahamas.
The Slave Stealer
Author: Hal AckermanThe Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom
Author: William M. MitchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description