Underground to Canada
Underground to Canada is a historical novel for young readers by Barbara Smucker first published in 1977. Based partially on a true story, the novel is set in the United States and Canada in the years leading up to the American Civil War and depicts the hard lives of slaves in the American South and the people who helped them escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. The novel is studied in many Canadian schools.[1][2][3]
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Plot
A young, strong slave girl and her mother, Mammy Sally are sold apart when their master, Massa Hensen falls ill. As Julilly is sold from the plantation, she keeps thinking about a place called Canada that her mother told her about and the one way to get there was to follow the north star. She had said that if Julilly got there she would be free, as slavery was not allowed there. The slaves left the Hensen plantation in Virginia to be taken to the Riley plantation Mississippi in the Deep South where Julilly met Liza, another slave girl, who is crippled as she once tried to escape and was whipped till she almost died. They escape together with two friends, Lester and Adam who were also on Julilly's old plantation. Pursued by their master, they make their way through the United States to Canada on the Underground Railroad with the help of Alexander Milton Ross, a Canadian abolitionist. They eventually arrive safely, Adam makes it to Canada, But dies of blood poisoning caused by his iron slave chains which they were chained together with when he and Lester got caught.
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References
- ↑ Toledo Blade, "Author's Twelve Books Educated Children", 1 August 2003, p. B4
- ↑ Nardaya Dipchand and Bruce Hill, Study Guide: Underground to Canada, Saskatchewan Schools[dead link]
- ↑ Brian Thornton, Study Guide: Underground to Canada
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