Go South to Freedom Hardback
by Frye Gaillard, Anne Kent Rush
Hardback
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Finalist for the 2016 Foreword Indies Best Book Award — Juvenile FictionWinner of the Jefferson Cup Honor Book AwardFinalist for the Housatonic Book AwardMore than twenty years ago, Robert Croshon, an elderly friend of Frye Gaillard's, told him the story of Croshon's ancestor, Gilbert Fields, an African-born slave in Georgia who led his family on a daring flight to freedom.
Fields and his family ran away intending to travel north, but clouds obscured the stars and when morning came Fields discovered they had been running south instead.
They had no choice but to seek sanctuary with the Seminole Indians of Florida and later a community of free blacks in Mobile. With Croshon's blessing, Gaillard has expanded this oral history into a novel for young readers, weaving the story of Gilbert Fields through the nearly forgotten history of the Seminoles and their alliance with runaway slaves.
As Gaillard's narrative makes clear, the Seminole Wars of the 1830s, in which Indians fought side by side with former slaves, represents the largest slave uprising in American history.
Gaillard also puts a human face on the story of free blacks before the Civil War and the lives they painfully built for themselves in Mobile.
Hauntingly illustrated by artist Anne Kent Rush, Go South to Freedom is a gripping story for readers of any age.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:72 pages, pen and ink drawings
- Publisher:NewSouth, Incorporated
- Publication Date:30/09/2016
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- ISBN:9781588383167
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:72 pages, pen and ink drawings
- Publisher:NewSouth, Incorporated
- Publication Date:30/09/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781588383167
