Elijah of Buxton
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, 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.
GenresFreedomFictionSlaveryBlack peopleCanadaNorth Buxton (Ont.)
341 pages
English edition · First published 2007 by Scholastic Press · ISBN 9780439023443
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