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KEEPERS OF THE SECRET CODE IBD

KJ WILLIAMS / TERESA KEMP
DOODLE AND PECK PUBLISHING
11 / 2021
9781735830681
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Sinopsis

Peter Farrow is a slave. HeâÇÖs grown up with his family on Dover Plantation, South Carolina where he does small jobs. When heâÇÖs not working, Peter likes to play with the other slaveâÇÖs children, or go fishing with the masterâÇÖs daughter, Emily.áSometimes, he even gets to sit in on EmilyâÇÖs school lessons and learn to read.Since Peter is almost twelve, itâÇÖs time for him to learn a trade. The master has agreed for Peter to apprentice with Samuel, the plantationâÇÖs carpenter. Peter is happy he wonâÇÖt have to fetch and carry anymore, or work in the dairy, churning butter. However, PeterâÇÖs mother decides itâÇÖs time he learns the familyâÇÖs secret. She and her husband have been active in the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape. They use secret codes sewn into quilts and wagons with a secret hiding place. When traveling to other plantations doing work for the master, PeterâÇÖs father transports runaways in the wagonâÇÖs false bottom. Until now, Peter has been too young to keep a secret of this magnitude.But John, the cruel overseer, has other plans for Peter. He wants Peter out in the fields, doing the backbreaking work of a grownup slave, where Peter is close enough to feel his whip. When Peter comes between Samuel and the sadistic overseerâÇÖs whip, Peter makes a terrible enemy. Overseer John alerts the master about Emily spending too much time with Peter. When the two friends are caught together multiple times, the master decides to sell Peter down south.Distraught, PeterâÇÖs mother and father decide to 'transport' him away from Dover Plantation before he can be sold. Using the secret quilt codes, other runaways join PeterâÇÖs family as they make their way to the first safe house on the Underground Railroad. When they arrive, PeterâÇÖs parents make the hard decision to send him on to Canada with Samuel while they remain in South Carolina, helping more runaways escape to freedom. A poignant tale of an enslaved family making the difficult decision to 'do their part' for their kinsmen instead of running together toward their own freedom.

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