Baumgartner tells the story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. But thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico, where slavery was abolished in 1837. ![]() The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. Brown took seven years to create these startling images, and his careful attention is reflected in the paintings' power and emotion."-AmazonÄownload South to Freedom Book in PDF, Epub and KindleĪ brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. ![]() These are horrible images, but nonetheless historically accurate and important to remember. Certain depictions are difficult even for adults to bear: a lynched man with the bloody blows of a whip marking his back slaves stacked seven-high in the hold of a ship, packed onto shelves with less room than the drawers of a morgue and black bodies bobbing in the ocean. Rod Brown's paintings are achingly vivid, so much so that a few may be too powerful for younger children. ![]() As he gently explains the factual horrors of slave-ship conditions, auction blocks, plantation life, and the risks associated with escape, Lester consistently prods young readers with probing questions: 'How would I feel if that happened to me?" "Would you risk going to jail to help someone you didn't know?" "You are free, but are you?" Lester also asks us to imagine the voices and feelings of the African Americans in the illustrations-another brilliant call for active participation. Award-winning author Julius Lester takes older children (and adults) on an intense, personal journey through the slave experience. Download From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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