The Resource River sing me home, Eleanor Shearer
River sing me home, Eleanor Shearer
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The item River sing me home, Eleanor Shearer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs. Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children--the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children... and her freedom" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9798885785860
- Label
- River sing me home
- Title
- River sing me home
- Statement of responsibility
- Eleanor Shearer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel runs. Away from Providence, she begins a desperate search to find her children--the five who survived birth and were sold. Are any of them still alive? Rachel has to know. The grueling, dangerous journey takes her from Barbados then, by river, deep into the forest of British Guiana and finally across the sea to Trinidad. She is driven on by the certainty that a mother cannot be truly free without knowing what has become of her children, even if the answer is more than she can bear. These are the stories of Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. But above all this is the story of Rachel and the extraordinary lengths to which a mother will go to find her children... and her freedom" --
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- IL2
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shearer, Eleanor
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slaves
- Mother and child
- Escaped prisoners
- Women slaves
- Caribbean Area
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- River sing me home, Eleanor Shearer
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9798885785860
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1369265994
- (OCoLC)1369265994
- Label
- River sing me home, Eleanor Shearer
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 501 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9798885785860
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1369265994
- (OCoLC)1369265994
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