Free! Great Escapes from Slavery on the Underground Railroad

by Cary, Lorene

• ISBN13: 9780883782682
• ISBN10: 0883782685
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-30
• Publisher: Third World Pr

Summary

Stories based upon actual incidents of Black people escaping from chattel slavery. Lorene Cary adapted these tales from narratives and records that were first told by William Still who was one of the key organisers of the underground railroad. The stories are brought to life by the craft of Ms. Cary.

Author Biography

Lorene Cary is a celebrated novelist based in Philadelphia. Her book about the Underground Railroad, "The Price of a Child", was the inaugural selection for Philadelphia's One Book One Philadelphia in 2003. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founder of the Art Sanctuary that brings Black intellectuals and artists to perform and speak.Her education began at St. Paul's and continued to the University of Pennsylvania where received a bachelor's and master's degree  as well as from Sussex University in England. Ms. Cary has received numerous awards for her writing and teaching. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	8	(2)
Introduction	10	(5)
William and Peter Still	15	(6)
"I Want My Freedom"—Jane Johnson's Escape with the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee, 1855	21	(8)
Crossing the River on Horseback in the Night	29	(4)
William and Ellen Craft	33	(4)
Hiding Below Deck	37	(6)
Charles Gilbert	43	(8)
Maria Weems Escaping as Jo Wright	51	(6)
Out of Alabama	57	(6)
Woman Escaping in a Box	63	(6)
Salt Water Fugitive	69	(8)
Ten Years in the Penitentiary for Owning Uncle Tom's Cabin	77	(4)
Turpentine Stowaways	81	(4)
Epilogue	85