Martha and the slave catchers, Harriet Hyman Alonso ; artwork by Elizabeth Zunon
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Martha and the slave catchers, Harriet Hyman Alonso ; artwork by Elizabeth Zunon
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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illustrationsmaps
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Martha and the slave catchers
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Harriet Hyman Alonso ; artwork by Elizabeth Zunon
Summary
When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Subject
- Abolitionists
- Juvenile works
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Slavery
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Abolitionists -- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction
- Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Fiction
- African Americans
Author
Illustrator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject22
- Abolitionists
- Juvenile works
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Slavery
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Abolitionists -- Fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept)
- Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction
- Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Fiction
- African Americans
- Content3
- Author1
- Illustrator1