Go south to freedom : based on a true story / Frye Gaillard ; illustrated by Anne Kent Rush.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 70 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1588383164
- 9781588383167
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Relations with Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Seminole Indians -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Seminoles -- Juvenile fiction
- Free African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Mobile (Ala.) -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Gaillard Frye | Available | 33111008573426 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Finalist for the 2016 Foreword Indies Best Book Award - Juvenile Fiction
Winner of the Jefferson Cup Honor Book Award
Finalist for the Housatonic Book Award
More than twenty years ago, Robert Croshon, an elderly friend of Frye Gaillard's, told him the story of Croshon's ancestor, Gilbert Fields, an African-born slave in Georgia who led his family on a daring flight to freedom. Fields and his family ran away intending to travel north, but clouds obscured the stars and when morning came Fields discovered they had been running south instead. They had no choice but to seek sanctuary with the Seminole Indians of Florida and later a community of free blacks in Mobile.
With Croshon's blessing, Gaillard has expanded this oral history into a novel for young readers, weaving the story of Gilbert Fields through the nearly forgotten history of the Seminoles and their alliance with runaway slaves. As Gaillard's narrative makes clear, the Seminole Wars of the 1830s, in which Indians fought side by side with former slaves, represents the largest slave uprising in American history. Gaillard also puts a human face on the story of free blacks before the Civil War and the lives they painfully built for themselves in Mobile. Hauntingly illustrated by artist Anne Kent Rush, Go South to Freedom is a gripping story for readers of any age.
As Gaillard's narrative makes clear, the Seminole Wars of the 1830s, in which Indians fought side by side with former slaves, represents the largest slave uprising in American history. Gaillard also puts a human face on the story of free blacks before the Civil War and the lives they painfully built for themselves in Mobile. Hauntingly illustrated by Alabama artist Anne Kent Rush, Go South to Freedom is a gripping story for readers of any age.