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Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway,...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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"Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry's master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave town--with Brown, who believes he's a girl. Over the ensuing months, Henry--whom Brown nicknames Little Onion--conceals his true identity as he...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005, 1968]
Language
English
Description
A crusty, frontier-wise fur trapper loses his hard-earned cargo of pelts to a band of "friendly" Kiowas in exchange for a runaway slave they have captured. The educated, city-bred runaway is as determined to get his freedom as the trapper is to get his furs back. Enter a band of marauding scalphunters and all hell breaks loose.
4) Emperor
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Shields "Emperor" Green, a slave, who escaped, traveled north, and joined John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
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