The other side of free

Description:

In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of Phaedra's will have surprising results.

subjects: Underground Railroad,  Juvenile fiction,  Slavery,  Fiction,  Fugitive slaves,  Historical fiction,  African Americans,  Spaniards,  History,  Underground railroad,  Children's fiction,  Slavery, fiction,  Underground railroad, fiction,  African americans, fiction

Places: Fort Mose Site,  1565-1763 Spanish colony,  Florida,  Fort Mose Site (Fla.)

Times: Spanish colony, 1565-1763