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The price of freedom : how one town stood up to slavery
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Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the hero...
Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.
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- Creator
- Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York : Walker Books for Young Readers, 2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780802721679, 0802721672, 9780802721662, 0802721664
- OCLC
- ocn793169755
- Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
- Price, John, 1836?- -- Juvenile literature.
- Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, 1858 -- Juvenile literature.
- Underground Railroad -- Ohio -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Fugitive slaves -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
- Quakers -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.