But her journal keeps her going through the hard times until they are finally free.
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. Learning to read and write alongside her mistress at the plantation was her own secret, and strictly forbidden for a slave girl. The diary that Julia May keeps is another act of bravery. It is a harrowing, terrifying experience, but determination to find a new life in Canada keeps them going. Their journey takes them through swamps, travelling by night and hiding by day. Their story, told through Julia May's journal entries, is gruelling. 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. Julia May and her family have done the unthinkable. Book excerpt: A riveting tale of a brave family's last bid for freedom, and the price they pay to find it.
This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 224 pages. Book Synopsis A Desperate Road to Freedom by : Karleen Bradfordĭownload or read book A Desperate Road to Freedom written by Karleen Bradford and published by Scholastic Canada.
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