Stolen : five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home
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Published
New York, NY : 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781501169434, 1501169432
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Elysian Area Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York, NY : 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition
First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781501169434, 1501169432
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-293) and index.
Description
Philadelphia, 1825. Five young, free black boys are lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay. They are instead met with blindfolds, ropes, and knives. Over four long months, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. Their ordeal shines a spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad, a black market network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African Americans from their families in order to fuel slavery's rapid expansion in the decades before the Civil War. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Biography.
Biographies.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
History.
Kidnapping victims -- United States -- Biography.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Biographies.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Biography.
Free African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
History.
Kidnapping victims -- United States -- Biography.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bell, R. (2019). Stolen: five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home (First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bell, Richard, 1978-. 2019. Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home. New York, NY: 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bell, Richard, 1978-. Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home New York, NY: 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bell, Richard. Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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