From Fugitive to Freedom

From Fugitive to Freedom book cover — TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Title Page Foreword 1 SLAVES AND MASTERS 2 THE COST OF FREEDOM 3 A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM 4 ESCAPE PLANS 5 THE JOURNEY BEGINS 6 ON THE RUN 7 THE PRICE OF FREEDOM 8 THE BRIDGE 9 A BLOCK IN THE ROAD 10 A NEW PLAN

From Fugitive to Freedom — page 1 — 11 DANGEROUS CROSSING 12 THE FINAL PUSH 13 FREE AT LAST Epilogue Timeline Glossary Critical Thinking Using the Common Core Internet Sites Further Reading Selected Bibliography Index About the Author Copyright Back Cover

From Fugitive to Freedom — page 2 — FOREWORD Enslaved black people in the Americas had been risking their lives trying to escape their bonds almost since the first African slaves arrived in Jamestown Virginia in 1619 And for many years there were people opposed to slavery who were willing to help these people in their journey to freedom By the 1840s a system of safe houses had developed in the United States where fugitive slaves from

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