Elijah of Buxton

Author(s)

• Curtis, Christopher Paul

Bibliographic Information

Elijah of Buxton

Christopher Paul Curtis

Scholastic Press, 2007

Note

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

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• NCID: BA85917673
• ISBN:
  • 9780439023443
• LCCN: 2007005181
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 341 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ7.C94137
  • DC22 : [Fic]
• Subject Headings:
  • JVSH : Freedom -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Slavery -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction
  • JVSH : North Buxton (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
  • JVSH : Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Fiction