Freedom River

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Freedom River
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between literature and primary documents.
Book Summary This is based on the true story of
one of ex-slave Ohio businessman John Parkers
journey into Kentucky to help an African-American
slave family escape to freedom across the Ohio
River. Setting Late 1800s in Ripley, Ohio
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• Links to LOC Resources
• Home of John Parker
• Parkers Foundry
• Kentucky Slave Narratives
• Light to Signal Slaves
• Freedom Stairway, Ripley, OH
• Street Scene, Ripley, OH

Author Doreen Rappaport Book Title Freedom
River New York, NY Jump at the Sun, 2000.
Karen Lampe Creston, Iowa Green Valley AEA
Librarian July 26, 2007
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