After returning home upon completion of their first time
trip, Zammie and Kyla are eager to travel back in time again. On this second
voyage they arrive in Maryland in the cold December of 1850, eleven years prior
to the U.S. Civil War. Their journey exposes them firsthand to witness and learn about many of the
drudges of a slave's life: the endless labor, the dreaded auction block, and the vile punishments. All of this culminates into a difficult escape
from captivity along the famed Underground Railroad.
The two cousins meet a young Harriet Tubman who has decided
to help lead other fugitive slaves towards the free state of Pennsylvania for
the first time. This group includes three of Harriet's brothers plus one of
their wives and a young infant. Along their trek they must outwit bloodhounds,
find safe harbors for food and shelter in the wilderness, and avoid a
cold-blooded bounty hunter who is relentlessly tracking after them.
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| Cover from the book Harriet Tubman by Ann Petry |
The story is a balanced mix of dramatic narrative and
historical context. The reader will gain a much better understanding of the
plight of runaway slaves along the Mid-Atlantic States both from the
perspective of their immediate needs of food, shelter, and safety, and the
bigger picture regarding the U.S. legal environment and the differing attitudes
of the free population in the years leading up to the Civil War.
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 4
KILLING FOR COUNTRY
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 2
A RIDE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
TIME TRIP ADVENTURE 3
WITNESS TO THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
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