Martha and the slave catchers
By: Harriet Hyman Alonso ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
Contributors: Zunon, Elizabeth, illustrator
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781609808006
Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Racially mixed people; Juvenile fiction; Slavery; Fiction; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; African Americans; Identity; History
Description: When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave.
Notes: Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references.