Escape Into The Night (Freedom Seekers)
$10.99
As Libby looks down from a hotel room to her father''s steamboat, a shadow separates from a building off to the right. A second shadow follows, then a third. Can the three men racing toward the Christina possibly reach freedom?Suddenly the quiet night explodes with barking dogs-bloodhounds!For Libby the journey begins-her discovery of the world of 1857 when a fugitive slave law means that runaways can be captured and returned, even from free northern states. When those involved in the Underground Railroad can suffer severe penalties. And a world where caring people make the choice to uphold the political and spiritual freedoms they cherish.
As Libby looks down from a hotel room to her father''s steamboat, a shadow separates from a building off to the right. A second shadow follows, then a third. Can the three men racing toward the Christina possibly reach freedom?Suddenly the quiet night explodes with barking dogs-bloodhounds!For Libby the journey begins-her discovery of the world of 1857 when a fugitive slave law means that runaways can be captured and returned, even from free northern states. When those involved in the Underground Railroad can suffer severe penalties. And a world where caring people make the choice to uphold the political and spiritual freedoms they cherish.
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As Libby looks down from a hotel room to her father''s steamboat, a shadow separates from a building off to the right. A second shadow follows, then a third. Can the three men racing toward the Christina possibly reach freedom?Suddenly the quiet night explodes with barking dogs-bloodhounds!For Libby the journey begins-her discovery of the world of 1857 when a fugitive slave law means that runaways can be captured and returned, even from free northern states. When those involved in the Underground Railroad can suffer severe penalties. And a world where caring people make the choice to uphold the political and spiritual freedoms they cherish.