The Freedom Stairs

by Weymouth Seguin, Marilyn

• ISBN13: 9780828320849
• ISBN10: 0828320845
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Branden Pub Co

Summary

Suppose your sleep was disturbed once or twice a week by a soft rap on the door. Perhaps you'd have to dress quickly before running to the barn to saddle the horses. Then you might have to ride ten miles or so on horseback, in the dark, with a trembling soul clinging to your back-or perhaps you'd be hiding several souls in the wagon you were driving, hoping not to hear the sound of pursuing horses. What excuse could you give for being out alone in the dark?

Table of Contents

The Underground Railway, by John Greenleaf Whittier	5	(1)
Introduction	6	(2)
Chapter 1 A Narrow Escape	8	(6)
Chapter 2 Rankin Secrets	14	(6)
Chapter 3 Slave Hunters on the Hill!	20	(5)
Chapter 4 Rendezvous at the River's Edge	25	(5)
Chapter 5 Lowry's Choice	30	(7)
Chapter 6 Eliza's Escape	37	(4)
Chapter 7 Rev. Rankin's Disguise	41	(5)
Chapter 8 On the Kentucky Side of the River	46	(4)
Chapter 9 A Visit From Harriett Beecher	50	(4)
Chapter 10 Lowry's Vow	54	(6)
Afterword	60	(1)
Illustrations	61	(17)
Acknowledgments	78	(2)
Student/Teacher Resources	80
Timeline: Ohio Anti-Slavery Laws and Adam Lowry Rankin's Underground Railroad Activity	80	(2)
How Much of This Story Is True?	82	(3)
Questions and Answers About Slavery and the Underground Railroad	85	(6)
References	91