Jump ship to freedom
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Contributions
- Collier, Christopher, 1930- - Contributor
Publication
1987 - Dell, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
49,500 words, Guess
Page Count
198 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejumpshiptofreedo00coll
- Internet Archivejumpshiptofreed00coll
- ISBN-100440443237
- ISBN-139780440443230
- LibraryThing296317
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number81065492
- Better World Books9780440443230
- Open LibraryOL15351851M
Classifications
- LCCPZ7.C678
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.C678 Ju
Description
In 1787 a fourteen-year-old slave, anxious to buy freedom for himself and his mother, escapes from his dishonest master and tries to find help in cashing the solidier's notes received by his father for fighting in the Revolution.
First Sentence
I crept up the cellar stairs in the dark, with the bundle of hay in my arms, going as quiet as I could.
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