Promises to the dead
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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.
OrphansMaryland Civil War, 1861-1865SlaveryFictionUnited StatesFugitive slavesUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865African AmericansHistoryChildren's fictionSlavery, fictionAfrican americans, fiction