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Author:
Vanhecke, Susan, author.
Title:
Under the freedom tree / Susan Vanhecke ; Illustrated by London Ladd.
Publisher:
Charlesbridge,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Subject:
Fugitive slaves--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Fugitive slaves--Poetry.
Children's poetry.
Friendship--Juvenile poetry.
Friendship--Poetry.
Other Authors:
Ladd, London, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Rowing into the unknown on one fateful May night, escaped slaves Frank Baker, James Townsend, and Shepard Mallory leave the Confederate camp behind to find an unexpected friend in Union General Benjamin Butler, the man who finds them at Hampton, Virginia's Fort Monroe. When Butler finds a loophole that allows the escapees to stay, the men help build their own community and listen to the Emancipation Proclamation from beneath the Emancipation Oak.
ISBN:
1580895514
9781580895514
Locations:
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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