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9780870203886

Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroad

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  • ISBN13:

    9780870203886

  • ISBN10:

    0870203886

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-11
  • Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
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Summary

What does it mean to be a slave? To be owned by someone? To be ordered to do whatever the owner wants? And never to be paid for any work at all? For Caroline Quarlls, a teenage slave in St. Louis, Missouri, that was what life was like. Although she was slave, Caroline dreamed of being free. On July 4, 1842, she caught a steamboat all alone, hoping to make that dream come true.

Author Biography

Julia Pferdehirt is an author, educator, and professional storyteller.  The story of Caroline Quarlls is one her favorite successes of Wisconsin's Underground Railroad, and she feels privileged to tell the little-known story of this young woman's courage and determination to take her own freedom. A resident of Madison, Wisconsin, Pferdehirt has also written They Came to Wisconsin, a book about immigrants for a young audience published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

Table of Contents

Meet Caroline Quarllsp. 1
Independence Dayp. 3
Passing on the Mississippip. 9
Coming to Milwaukeep. 16
Crouching in a Barrelp. 26
A Ticket on the Underground Railroadp. 34
Up the Potato Chutep. 43
Getaway!p. 53
Eight Dollars and a Borrowed Saddle: A Journey to See the Queenp. 57
Aboard the Underground Railroadp. 65
Safe and Not-So-Safep. 75
One More River to Crossp. 82
Living Free and Going Homep. 87
Author's Notep. 98
Glossaryp. 100
Reading Group Guide and Activitiesp. 103
To Learn More about Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroadp. 105
Acknowledgmentsp. 106
Indexp. 107
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