Promises to the dead

By Mary Downing Hahn

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

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.