The ally
By: Nancy Rue.
Series: Christian heritage series ;; bk. 14.; The Charleston years
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Colorado Springs, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Literacy -- Fiction; Christian life -- Fiction; South Carolina -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Living with his uncle on a South Carolina plantation in 1860, eleven-year-old Austin decides to disobey the law and teach reading to a slave he has befriended, an act that endangers his friend but prompts his uncle to reconsider the treatment of his slaves.
Notes: "Children ages 8 to 12"--Cover p. [4].