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Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved...

Departing from the underwater dragon preserve of Crescent Lagoon to seek help from the Giant Queen, Kendra and Seth arrive at Titan Valley, where dragons are kept as slaves and made to fight in a gladiator-style arena.

"Congress has ruled that settlers in Kansas Territory will decide whether Kansas will enter the Union as free or a slave state. Charles Keller's papa is an abolitionist, and he's moving the family to Kansas so he can cast his vote for freedom..."

When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.

Though her parents "jumped the broom" to get married when they were slaves, now that they are living free in Philadelphia after the Civil War they plan to have a church wedding and Addy works to complete a special quilt to give them as a wedding gift.

Momma Mary tells stories about a special young man who does wondrous things, especially for the slaves on the Plenty Plantation.

Based on a sacred Buddhist tale as related in Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim," tells of an escaped slave who rescues an abandoned baby from slave hunters.

A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.

A young slave tries to hide the horrors of slavery from his younger cousin, a light-skinned slave who is the daughter of the plantation owner.