A desperate road to freedom : the underground railroad diary of Julia May Jackson / by Karleen Bradford.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443124089 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1443124087 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits.
- Publisher: Toronto : Scholastic Canada, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 233-234. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | Fiction. Juvenile works. Electronic books. |
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Electronic resources
- Scholastic Canada Ltd
A riveting tale of a brave family's last bid for freedom, and the price they pay to find it.Julia May and her family have done the unthinkable. They have fled from their life of slavery on a tobacco plantation in Virginia, and are making their way north, on foot, where they have heard that slaves can live free. Their story, told through Julia May's journal entries, is gruelling. Their journey takes them through swamps, travelling by night and hiding by day. It is a harrowing, terrifying experience, but determination to find a new life in Canada keeps them going.
The diary that Julia May keeps is another act of bravery. Learning to read and write alongside her mistress at the plantation was her own secret, and strictly forbidden for a slave girl. Now as she records her fears and the extraordinary things she sees during her journey, she is deeply afraid that she'll be found out and suffer the consequences. But her journal keeps her going through the hard times until they are finally free. Readers will be moved as they follow her family's trek north . . . but even here old prejudices die hard.