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Christmas John and the night boatChristmas John and the night boat

Christmas John and the night boat

Margot Theis Raven

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At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.

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OL Work ID
OL3743127W

Subjects

Underground railroadSlaveryFictionFugitive slavesAfrican AmericansHistoryJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionBoats and boating, fiction

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