Jump Ship to Freedom

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.

Year

1981

Language

English

Series

Arabus Family Saga

Publisher

Yearling

Editions

4

Pages

208

ISBN

9780440443230

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