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Elijah of Buxton

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  • Running Time: 08:58 hrs
    Narrator: Mirron Willis
    Publisher:
    Listening Library, 2008
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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    Running Time: 08:58 hrs
    Narrator: Mirron Willis
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2024
    Note: This book was produced with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul
    Contributor: Willis, Mirron E.
    Date:
    Created
    2008
    Summary:

    In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

    Genre:
    Historical fiction, Juvenile fiction
    Subject(s): Black people | Liberty | Slavery
    Original Publisher: [New York], Listening Library
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780739364161, 0739364162