My America: Freedom's Wings: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book One
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0439141001
ISBN 13
9780439141000
Category
Children
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
112
Description
In her debut for the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Birdsong, an amazingly literate young slave boy in antebellum Kentucky.This is the family's tryng escape from bondage.March 1858Mama and me ran. Our turn to fly. We will meet up with Daddy someday. Mr. Renfield said we will try to make that happen. Follow the drinkin' gourd said Mr. Renfield. You will taste your freedom. What does freedom taste like? Where is Daddy?Corey Birdsong is a spiritual, lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that has made an economy of slavery. He and his family are owned by the Hart family of Kentucky. But, when they learn that Roland,Corey's father is to be sold, Roland flees to the North and Corey and his mother follow. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1