Julia Pferdehirt
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People running from slavery made many hard journeys to find freedom—on steamboats and in carriages, across rivers and in hay-covered wagons. Some were shot at. Many were chased by slave catchers. Others hid in tunnels and secret rooms. But these troubles were worth it for the men, women, and children who eventually reached freedom. Freedom Train North tells the stories of fugitive slaves who found help in Wisconsin. Young readers (ages
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On July 4th, 1842, Caroline Quarlls left family, friends, and the only life she'd known behind in St. Louis, Missouri. As the child of a slave mother and a slave-owner father, her young life was one of drudgery and obedience until that fateful Independence Day when she illegally took a steamboat across the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Alton, Illinois, in the hope of reaching freedom. With the help of abolitionists, the 16-year-old traveled...
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"The story of Blue Jenkins, an African American who grew up in Depression-era Racine. Blue experienced, both personally and as a part of the black community near Milwaukee, the exodus of former farm laborers from the South seeking jobs in Northern manufacturing. He attended pre-civil rights movement public schools, and experienced racism: the Ku Klux Klan hung a black figure in effigy from a tree in the Jenkins family's yard. Jenkins played semi-pro...
