Age
8-12
Grade
4-6
Claire O'Neal
The Need for Flight
Library Binding
(Purple Toad Pub Inc Feb. 1, 2016)
, 1ST edition
The nightmare for enslaved Africans began on the Middle Passage--the journey across the ocean to America. Chained together by their hands and feet, the people were crammed into a ship's dark belly, sometimes for weeks. When they arrived, they were sold at auction like so much cattle. Then, for generations, they faced bondage at the hands of cruel masters, forced to work sunup to sundown planting and harvesting crops, cleaning houses, or performing other tasks that would boost the white man's profits. Refused basic civil rights and often torn from their families, the slaves looked for ways to find freedom and better their lives. Flight was risky--even with the help of the Underground Railroad. For many, it was the only option.
- Series
- Footsteps to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
- ISBN
- 1624692176 / 9781624692178
- Pages
- 48
- Weight
- 11.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 0.2 in.
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