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Beneath freedom's wing, a novel based on the true story of Bridgton, Maine's role in the Underground Railroad and the Abolition Movement, Caroline D. Grimm

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Beneath freedom's wing, a novel based on the true story of Bridgton, Maine's role in the Underground Railroad and the Abolition Movement, Caroline D. Grimm

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Beneath freedom's wing

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Caroline D. Grimm

Series statement

Voices of Pondicherry, book 2

Sub title

a novel based on the true story of Bridgton, Maine's role in the Underground Railroad and the Abolition Movement

Summary

Mathilde Mathilde runs from the cruelty of slavery and makes her way North, helped along the way by Quakers and abolitionists. She encounters danger with every step, never sure who is a helper and who is an enemy. The Abolitionists When Joseph and Phebe Fessenden came to the peaceful village of South Bridgton, Maine to serve the newly founded Congregational church in 1829, they soon found themselves embroiled in controversy over the abolition of slavery and the evils of "demon rum." Tempers run high and Parson Joe often found himself running counter to public opinion. Mobs threatened him with tar and feathers, cannonballs, and kidnapping. And then comes a dark-skinned woman whose very existence threatens all she comes in contact with. Will the community rise to protect the rights of all those who live in chains beneath freedom's wing? Based on a true story

Target audience

adult

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