Inspired by true events, Sue Monk Kidd brings both history and these characters to life. It‘s a beautiful book.
Inspired by true events, Sue Monk Kidd brings both history and these characters to life. It‘s a beautiful book.
So engrossing. This read like an adventure novel but is actual history and the author cites his sources, even including an appendix of the pseudonymous articles published in abolitionist papers. Highly recommend.
It was your cruelty to him that made him disappear by that same“under ground rail-road“ or “steam balloon,“ about which one of your city constables was swearing so bitterly . . .
Thomas Smallwood in his laughingstock letters August 10, 1842
First mention in print of an underground railroad helping slaves escape north, per the tagged book. Within a few months it has been adopted across the nation for the ways slaves escape to freedom.
Thomas Smallwood is a name you might not know from the abolition movement. This is a man who not only bought his own freedom, but was the one who named The Underground Railroad. Born a slave, Smallwood educated himself and found work as a shoemaker in DC. From there, he worked with Charles Torrey to get other enslaved people to freedom in the North from the DC and Baltimore areas.
4 ⭐This book in under 40 pages taught me more about this fascinating black man than I ever learned in school. This book covers the first part of his life how he became free and what he did with his freedom. It's superbly illustrated, the story is well written, and altogether paints a beautiful illustration of a man all kids should learn about.
Bouncing around to yet another country - borrowered Herta Pauli's 1962 book titled "Her Name was Sojourner Truth" from the library today. I can just feel the history oozing all throughout the pages. This book is a 1st edition, published over 60 years ago.
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How sad that this book has such low rating! I would love for more people to read it. It‘s my second time reading as I love Metaxas‘ writing and love Wilberforce‘s story and person in history. For anyone who enjoys history or biography and the causes of social justice, I highly recommend.
Up next: I‘m hoping to squeeze this one in before the end of the month. I‘m using it for the Book Girls‘ Guide Reading The States Challenge (South Carolina).
It‘s also one of my #unreadbookshelf books!
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A must-read if you have a connection to or are visiting Charleston, South Carolina! A must! Pair it with a walking or small bus tour of the city (please don't take a carriage 😔🐴). With some research, you can find a tour that will take you to many of the places included in this novel. (I recommend Frankly Charleston, Gullah Tours with Alphonse, and Two Sisters) Visit the Aiken-Rhett house as well. Lots of important history in Charleston!
Eye opening book that delves beneath the narrative of the famous abolitionist Grimke sisters to explore their entire family, including the Black cousins their brother fathered with one of the women he enslaved. Highly recommended!