Raven, M. T (2006). Night Boat to Freedom. Macmillan: New York.
Another story about getting slaves to freedom. This story was about a 12 year old boy named Christmas John (because he was born on Christmas). His grandmother taught him to row a boat across the Ohio River to help other slaves get to freedom. She always asked him what color the freed slaves were wearing and she began to make a freedom quilt. One night he finally decided it was their turn and took her across as well, carrying her quilt.
A great activity would for students to design their own freedom quilt (since quilt's were a running theme of the Underground Railroad) and have them make different patches to symbolize different aspect of their lives.
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