When one of the residents of Oberlin, Ohio is abducted and returned to slavery, the whole town fights back and returns the man to freedom. This informational text contains a lesser known story of a town standing up to slavery in the 1850's and the price the townspeople paid. This is a good companion for the Solomon Northrup story, 12 years a slave. Ages 6-10 40 pages 9780802721662 Recommended by: Alicy Cyphers, MLS, M.Ed. Reading, Librarian, Pennsylvania USA
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- Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery
Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery
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Bloombury Kids January 2013
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