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The Price Of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up To Slavery (2013)

by Dennis Brindell Fradin(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802721664 (ISBN13: 9780802721662)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Walker Childrens

review 1: John Price, accompanied by two others, escaped from slavery in January of 1856. He traveled north to Oberlin Ohio on the road to Canada. Deciding to stay and work in this college town dedicated to helping Slaves, Price decides to stay. At a time when the Fugitive Slave is fully operational, Price is hunted down and captured by a slave hunter, who is guaranteed $500 for every slave he returns. Captured, and waiting to be hauled back to Kentucky, the town of Oberlin rallies to rescue Price and guarantee his freedom. The townspeople of Oberlin stand up to the Fugitive Slave Law in a time when it was against the law to help escaped slaves
review 2: The Price of Freedom tells the story of a town's heroism and passion against slavery. The story begins in 1856 when th... moreree slaves, including John Price, escaped from their Kentucky slave owner in the middle of the night. After taking cover in one of the most active Underground Railroad towns in Ohio, Price is eventually caught by a slave trapper. The community fights for Price while willing to pay the "price of freedom". less

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