Elijah of Buxton /
Curtis, Christopher Paul
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 p.
In 1860, 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 justice to the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
9780439023443
Freedom--Fiction
Slavery--Fiction
Blacks--Fiction--Canada
Canada--Fiction
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 p.
In 1860, 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 justice to the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
9780439023443
Freedom--Fiction
Slavery--Fiction
Blacks--Fiction--Canada
Canada--Fiction
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction