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Stolen : five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home / Richard Bell.

Summary:

"A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501169434
  • ISBN: 1501169432
  • Physical Description: 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : 37 INK ; 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-293) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: The reverse Underground Railroad -- Sanctuary city -- Black hearts -- Midnight land -- In-laws and outlaws -- The beaten way -- The body in the wagon -- The halfway house -- The lifeboat -- A living witness -- Hunting wolves -- Kidnappers all -- Conclusion: The first law of nature.
Subject:
Enslaved children > United States > Biography.
Kidnapping victims > United States > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Free African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Genre:
Biographies.

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