The price of freedom : how one town stood up to slavery
by Fradin, Judith Bloom.
Print Book 2013 |
Available at 6 Libraries 6 of 7 copies |
Summary
When John Price took a chance at freedom by crossing the frozen Ohio river from Kentucky into Ohio one January night in 1856, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was fully enforced in every state of the union. But the townspeople of Oberlin, Ohio, believed there that all people deserved to be free, so Price started a new life in town-until a crew of slave-catchers arrived and apprehended him. When the residents of Oberlin heard of his capture, many of them banded together to demand his release in a dramatic showdown that risked their own freedom. Paired for the first time, highly acclaimed authors Dennis & Judith Fradin and Pura Belpr#65533; award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez, provide readers with an inspiring tale of how one man's journey to freedom helped spark an abolitionist movement.
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Additional Information
Subjects |
Price, John,
-- 1836?-
-- Juvenile literature.
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, 1858 -- Juvenile literature. Underground Railroad -- Ohio -- History -- Juvenile literature. Fugitive slaves -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Quakers -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. |
Publisher | New York :Walker Books for Young Readers,2013 |
Contributors |
Fradin, Dennis B.
Velasquez, Eric. |
Language |
English |
Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
Bibliography Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN | 9780802721662 (hardback) 0802721664 (hardback) 9780802721679 (reinforced edition) 0802721672 (reinforced edition) |
Other | Classic View |