Escape to Canada
Subtitle: the story of the Underground Railroad
By: by Carl Alfred Friesen.
Publisher: Niagara Pub.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: St. Catharines, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Underground railroad -- Juvenile fiction.; Underground railroad -- Fiction.; Slavery -- Fiction.; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.; Voyages and travels -- Fiction.; Plantation life -- Virginia -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.; Virginia
Description: Fleeing their harsh life in pre-Civil War Virginia, slaves Jack and Jessie Turner and teenage son Sam enlist the help of the Underground Railroad as they begin a perilous journey to Canada.
Notes: "Historical fiction for 10-14 yr. olds (gr. 5-8)"--P. [4] of cover.