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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
By Bell, Richard
- ISBN
- 9781501169434 9781501169458
- Publisher
- 37 Ink: Atria
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Reviewed on August 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
In 1825, five African American boys were kidnapped in Philadelphia and taken on a journey on the Reverse Underground Railroad that took them as far as Alabama, where they were sold into slavery. Bell (history, Univ. of Maryland) demonstrates that their story was not an unusual one: even in so-called "free" states, African Americans were routinely kidnapped and taken South to fe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
