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The price of freedom : how one town stood up to slavery  Cover Image Book Book

The price of freedom : how one town stood up to slavery / Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

Fradin, Judith Bloom. (Author). Fradin, Dennis B. (Added Author). Velasquez, Eric, (ill.).

Summary:

Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802721679 (hardback : reinforced binding)
  • ISBN: 0802721672 (hardback : reinforced binding)
  • ISBN: 9780802721662 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 0802721664 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Walker Books for Young Readers, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliograhical references.
Subject: Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, 1858.
Price, John, 1836?
Underground railroad > Ohio > History.
Fugitive slaves > Ohio > History.
Quakers > Ohio > History.

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  • 0 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch J 973.7115 Frad (Text) 33126012830927 JNonfiction Checked out 05/06/2024
Erlanger Branch J 973.7115 Frad (Text) 33126012830935 JNonfiction Checked out 05/04/2024


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