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Winter, Jeanette
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD
New York : Knopf, 1988.
IL K-3 RL 3.9
ISBN 0679819975
Peg Leg Joe is a white man who hires himself out to plantation owners as a handyman. Peg Leg is really helping the slaves as he teachers them a seemingly innocent song. Follow the Drinking Gourd actually tells the slaves all the landmarks they need to follow to find their way North to freedom.
SUBJECTS:     Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
                        Slavery -- Fiction
                        Underground railroad -- Fiction

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