Subtitled Corey's Diary, Kentucky to Ohio, 1857.
Corey is only nine years old. He, his mother and father are all slaves. His father manages to escape, and later Corey and his mother decide it is time for them, too, to seek their freedom. The story tells about the horrors of the slave hunters, and how the slaves had to hide where they could, trying to outrun the men and their dogs as they hunted them down.
One of the tricks apparently involved rubbing onions on ones feet to throw the dogs off the scent. Corey and his mother end up being separated, and Corey has a rough time, still seeking his father.
The historical section goes into how runaway slaves were hunted down. It eventually became legal for slave-owners to have men pursue their slaves into the 'free' states and, if they caught them, to take them back to the slave states they came from. Material on the underground railroad is included. People who helped slaves could get in trouble if caught, but many still helped the slaves make it to freedom up in Canada.
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