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Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis · Booklabria

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Elijah of Buxton

HistoryHistorical Fiction

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First published: 2007
Editions: 10 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Elijah has to go find this former slave that stole a friends money who was planning on buying his family back out of slavery. What happens along the way is terrifying to even think about, friends getting shot, dying, and freeing slaves.

Subjects: History
Historical Fiction
Children's fiction
Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
Ficción juvenil
Slavery
Set in: Canada
Time: 19th Century; 1763-1867

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10 in 2 languages

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