Stealing Freedom
by CARBONE, ELISAEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-09
Publisher(s): Yearling
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Summary
Inspired by a true story, the riveting novel of a young slave girl's harrowing escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. The moment Ann Maria Weems was born, her freedom was stolen from her. Like her family and the other slaves on the farm, Ann works from sunup to sundown and obeys the orders of her master. Then one day, Ann's family -- the only joy she knows -- is gone. Just 12 years old, Ann is overcome by grief, struggling to get through each day. And her only hope of stealing back her freedom and finding her family lies in a perilous journey: the Underground Railroad. Ann Maria Weems was an actual slave who lived in the mid-1800s near the author's home in Maryland. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author Biography
Elisa Carbone has lectured about Ann Maria Weems's life to teachers and historians.
Table of Contents
| The Life and Works of Elisa Carbone | p. v |
| Time Line of Slavery and the Underground Railroad in the United States | p. vi |
| The Historical Context of Stealing Freedom--The Underground Railroad | p. viii |
| Characters in Stealing Freedom | p. xii |
| Echoes | p. xvi |
| Illustrations | p. xviii |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 1-4 | p. 30 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 5-8 | p. 56 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 9-15 | p. 91 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 16-20 | p. 130 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 21-27 | p. 171 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 28-31 | p. 202 |
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| Respond to the Selection, Chapters 32-36 | p. 230 |
| Author's Note | p. 232 |
| Plot Analysis of Stealing Freedom | p. 237 |
| Related Readings | |
| from Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 | p. 241 |
| "Harriet Jacob Owns Herself" | p. 245 |
| "Many Thousand Go" | p. 257 |
| "Song of the Fugitive Slave" | p. 259 |
| "I Have a Dream" | p. 263 |
| Creative Writing Activities | p. 268 |
| Critical Writing Activities | p. 270 |
| Projects | p. 272 |
| Glossary of Words for Everyday Use | p. 274 |
| Handbook of Literary Terms | p. 281 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 284 |
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