Caroline Quarlls and the Underground Railroad

by Julia Pferdehirt

Book Overview

On July 4th, 1842, Caroline Quarlls left family, friends, and the only life she'd known behind in St. Louis, Missouri. As the child of a slave mother and a slave-owner father, her young life was one of drudgery and obedience until that fateful Independence Day when she illegally took a steamboat across the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Alton, Illinois, in the hope of reaching freedom. With the help of abolitionists, the 16-year-old traveled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870203886
• ISBN13: 9780870203886
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7