Escapes from slavery
By: Stephen Currie.
Series: Great escapes
Publisher: Lucent Books; Lucent
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Fugitive slaves.; Slavery.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.
Description: Narratives of five escapes from slavery, each of which was typical in many ways but featured unusual personal characteristics or circumstances that made these trips to freedom extraordinary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : fugitive slaves; title: Ellen and William Craft; title: Josiah Henson; title: Harriet Tubman; title: William Wells Brown; title: Henry Brown.