Huida al Canadá

Julilly is sold away from her mother and is taken to work on a cotton farm in the deep South. Before she leaves, her mother tells her about the promise of freedom in Canada. Julilly befriends Liza, a girl who has attempted to run away but was captured and severely beaten. They meet an ornithologist from Canada who uses his profession as a cover to help the enslaved escape to freedom, and he helps the two girls along with two young men get started on the road to Canada.

What a great story!

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