Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: liberty, fiction, slavery, blacks, canada, freedom, north buxton (ont.), history, 19th century, canada, 1763-1867, fiction