Stealing Freedom

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Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Emc Pub
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Summary

A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada.

Author Biography

Elisa Carbone lives in Montgomery County, Maryland, where Ann Maria Weems lived. Carbone is a faculty member at the University of Maryland, lecturer, and author of several books for young people

Table of Contents

The Life and Works of Elisa Carbone v
Time Line of Slavery and the Underground Railroad in the United States vi
The Historical Context of Stealing Freedom---The Underground Railroad viii
Characters in Stealing Freedom xii
Echoes xvi
Illustrations
xviii
Chapter 1
1(7)
Chapter 2
8(11)
Chapter 3
19(8)
Chapter 4
27(5)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 1-4
30(2)
Chapter 5
32(5)
Chapter 6
37(5)
Chapter 7
42(7)
Chapter 8
49(9)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 5-8
56(2)
Chapter 9
58(5)
Chapter 10
63(4)
Chapter 11
67(7)
Chapter 12
74(4)
Chapter 13
78(6)
Chapter 14
84(4)
Chapter 15
88(5)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 9-15
91(2)
Chapter 16
93(6)
Chapter 17
99(6)
Chapter 18
105(9)
Chapter 19
114(6)
Chapter 20
120(12)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 16-20
130(2)
Chapter 21
132(5)
Chapter 22
137(6)
Chapter 23
143(5)
Chapter 24
148(4)
Chapter 25
152(4)
Chapter 26
156(6)
Chapter 27
162(11)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 21-27
171(2)
Chapter 28
173(9)
Chapter 29
182(10)
Chapter 30
192(3)
Chapter 31
195(9)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 28-31
202(2)
Chapter 32
204(5)
Chapter 33
209(4)
Chapter 34
213(5)
Chapter 35
218(5)
Chapter 36
223(49)
Respond to the Selection, Chapters 32-36
230(2)
Author's Note
232(5)
Plot Analysis of Stealing Freedom
237(4)
Related Readings
From Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
241(4)
``Harriet Jacob Owns Herself''
245(12)
``Many Thousand Go''
257(2)
``Song of the Fugitive Slave''
259(4)
``I Have a Dream''
263(5)
Creative Writing Activities
268(2)
Critical Writing Activities
270(2)
Projects 272(2)
Glossary of Words for Everyday Use 274(7)
Handbook of Literary Terms 281(3)
Acknowledgments 284

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