Promises to the dead

By Mary Downing Hahn

Subjects: African Americans, African americans, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Maryland, fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Slavery, Fugitive slaves, Orphans, fiction, Maryland Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Fiction, Children's fiction, Orphans, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, History

Description: Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.