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Free boy : a true story of slave and master /

Tells the story of how thirteen-year-old slave Charles Mitchell escaped from James Tilton's household on a steamer bound for Victoria and received help from free blacks to achieve freedom in Canada in 1860.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McConaghy, Lorraine
Other Authors: Bentley, Judy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2013]
Series:V. Ethel Willis White book
Subjects:
Mitchell, Charles, > 1847- > Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves > Washington Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Child slaves > Washington Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Blacks > British Columbia > Victoria > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad > Washington (State) > Puget Sound > Juvenile literature.
Tilton, James, > 1819-1878 > Juvenile literature.
Slaveholders > Washington Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Surveyors > Washington Territory > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Slavery > Washington Territory > History > Juvenile literature.
Washington (State) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Description
Summary:Tells the story of how thirteen-year-old slave Charles Mitchell escaped from James Tilton's household on a steamer bound for Victoria and received help from free blacks to achieve freedom in Canada in 1860.
Physical Description:100 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-100).
ISBN:9780295992716 (paperback : acid-free paper)
0295992719 (paperback : acid-free paper)