Flight to Ohio: From Slavery to Passing to Freedom

By Mary Anderson Parks

Book Overview

FLIGHT TO OHIO: FROM SLAVERY TO PASSING TO FREEDOM Flight to Ohio begins in 1836, as 21-year-old Tom and his mother Nellie escape slavery on a Virginia plantation. They soon discover that Tom, the bastard son of the white master, passes as white when he is not seen with his mother. Tom must make a choice as to how to live. The stakes are raised when he courts and marries 18-year-old Sarah Long, a young white woman from a respected local farm family. What is lost when identity is concealed? What price is paid? Tom s emotional story unfolds against the backdrop of the Cincinnati race riots of 1836 and 1841 and the oncoming Civil War. In a place and time beset with racism, hate, jealousy and violence, the novel s characters forge deep evolving loves, friendships, and loyalties as they move towards freedom, their ultimate goal. This is the author s imagined story of her own maternal ancestry."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194450530X
• ISBN13: 9781944505301
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Tayen Lane Publishing
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5