Escaping Slavery
What's the book about?
This book explains what life was like for people who were taken from their homes and forced to work as slaves. You’ll read how some brave people found clever ways to escape and how others helped them on their dangerous journeys to freedom. It also shows how, over time, more and more people worked together to end slavery so that everyone could have their rights and be free.
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Reviews
Ciaran, Age 6
This book is about
The book is about people that were captured and sold to be slaves. Some families were separated.
They had to do lots of work on plantations and did not get any money or many breaks.
Some escaped by the railroad and one escaped by going in a box in the post, which took 26 hours.
Finally, there was a civil war between North and South America. The North who did not want slavery and won the war. Slavery stopped.
The main characters are
There are no main characters.
My favourite part of the book is
Finding out about Thomas Rutling, who was born a slave and what his life was like.
I would also like to say
There is a book like this about escaping called Escape from Colditz which I have also read.
yessika, Age 8
This book is about
history and what happened whith nasty SLAVERY
My favourite part of the book is
it shows you about the special song they sang
I would also like to say
IT IS TOTAL 5 STARS
