num_pages: 171
description: Twelve-year-old Will Pelham's father is the Williamsburg gaoler. Will is afraid of some of the prisoners, but he sympathizes with Emmanuel, a runaway slave. Then Will begins to suspect that Emmanuel is planning to escape. Will wants to help his friend, but he has a responsibility to his father, too. What should he do?
language: English
title: Will's Story, 1771
titlecomplete: Will's Story, 1771
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 31
series: Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans
publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation