Stolen : : Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
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Call Number: 306.362 Be, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century / Bell, Richard
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Introduction: The reverse Underground Railroad -- Sanctuary city -- Black hearts -- Midnight land -- In-laws and outlaws -- The beaten way -- The body in the wagon -- The halfway house -- The lifeboat -- A living witness -- Hunting wolves -- Kidnappers all -- Conclusion: The first law of nature.
"A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"-- Provided by publisher.
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 318 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781501169434
1501169432
SUBJECTS
Enslaved children -- Biography.
Kidnapping victims -- Biography.
Fugitives from slavery -- Biography.
African Americans -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- 19th century.