1SJaneDoe
I'm looking for adult fiction that's similar to Jubilee, but where the characters escape to Canada instead of staying in the south. I'm hoping for something that covers a long period of time, both during and post-slavery era. (But not The Book of Negroes, which I've already read.)
Thanks!
Thanks!
2Carrieida
Two recommendations: Flee North by Scott Shane and Hidden in Plain View by Jacquelin Tobin. Also: The Mapmakerās Children by Sarah McCoy
3Darth-Heather
I enjoyed The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
4lilithcat
>2 Carrieida:
Touchstones:
Flee North, by Scott Shane
Hidden in Plain View, by Jacqueline L. Tobin
The Mapmaker's Children, by Sarah McCoy
NOTE: The first two are non-fiction.
Touchstones:
Flee North, by Scott Shane
Hidden in Plain View, by Jacqueline L. Tobin
The Mapmaker's Children, by Sarah McCoy
NOTE: The first two are non-fiction.
7gmathis
The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini was a good read ... does a little back-and-forth between the Underground Railroad and contemporary times, but not enough to dilute a good storyline.
8Cecrow
>6 lilithcat:, it's well reviewed, but important to note perhaps that Whitehead re-imagines it as an actual railroad that's underground, neither of which it was.
10SJaneDoe
Thanks for the recommendations.
>9 lilithcat: The OP (me) was looking for historical fiction similar to Jubilee. @Cecrow was correct here: I'm very familiar with Colson Whitehead's work, but that's not what I had in mind in this case.
>9 lilithcat: The OP (me) was looking for historical fiction similar to Jubilee. @Cecrow was correct here: I'm very familiar with Colson Whitehead's work, but that's not what I had in mind in this case.
11gmathis
I just picked up When Stars Begin to Fall by Denise Williamson, which focuses on some Quaker abolitionists who secretly trained freedmen as doctors, maintained "free stores" whose products were not a result of slave labor, and sponsored safe communities for escapees. I didn't realize it was the second in a series, so it took a couple chapters to get my bearings, but it's a good read.

