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Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves

by Dennis Brindell Fradin

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Twelve accounts of slaves who escaped the South hoping for freedom and a new life.

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Bound for the North Star was a codeword for a runaway slave. This collective biography includes stories of former slaves written for their families or to show others how terrible slavery is. The stories share what they were running from, the difficulty of getting away, and what they ran to. (

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Society of Midland Authors Award (Winner – Children's Nonfiction – 2001)

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NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2001)

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973.7History and Geography › North America › United States › Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War

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E450.F77History of the United States › United States › Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 › Slavery in the United States. Antislavery

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