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8) Flying free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, build a new life in Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping to help those they left behind.
Author
Series
My America volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old slave keeps a diary of his journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad in 1857.
Corey Birdsong, a slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the story of his family's attempt to escape. Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy of slavery. He and his family are owned by the Hart family of Kentucky. But, when Corey's father, Roland, flees to the North and Corey and his...
15) After the rain
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
19) The journal of Sean Sullivan: a Transcontinental Railroad worker : Nebraska and points west, 1867
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.
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