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Description:Peter Farrow is a slave. He’s grown up on Dover Plantation, South Carolina where he does small jobs. When he’s not working, Peter likes to play with the other slave’s children, or go fishing with the master’s daughter, Emily. Sometimes, he even gets to sit in on Emily’s school lessons and learn to read.Since Peter is almost twelve, it’s time for him to learn a trade. The master has agreed for Peter to apprentice with Samuel, the plantation’s carpenter. Peter is happy he won’t have to fetch and carry anymore, or work in the dairy, churning butter. However, Peter’s mother decides it’s time he learns the family’s secret. She and her husband have been active in the Underground Railroad and use secret codes sewn into quilts to signal to runaway slaves. When traveling to other plantations doing work for the master, Peter’s father transports runaways in the wagon’s 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 overseer’s whip, Peter makes a terrible enemy. Overseer John alerts the master about Emily spending too much time with Peter. When they are caught together multiple times, the master decides to sell Peter down south. Read this book to find out how the quilt codes were used and passed down generation to generation. You will want to find out what happens to Peter and Emily!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Keepers of the Secret Code. To get started finding Keepers of the Secret Code, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 114

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Doodle and Peck Publishing

Release: 2021

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Description: Peter Farrow is a slave. He’s grown up on Dover Plantation, South Carolina where he does small jobs. When he’s not working, Peter likes to play with the other slave’s children, or go fishing with the master’s daughter, Emily. Sometimes, he even gets to sit in on Emily’s school lessons and learn to read.Since Peter is almost twelve, it’s time for him to learn a trade. The master has agreed for Peter to apprentice with Samuel, the plantation’s carpenter. Peter is happy he won’t have to fetch and carry anymore, or work in the dairy, churning butter. However, Peter’s mother decides it’s time he learns the family’s secret. She and her husband have been active in the Underground Railroad and use secret codes sewn into quilts to signal to runaway slaves. When traveling to other plantations doing work for the master, Peter’s father transports runaways in the wagon’s 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 overseer’s whip, Peter makes a terrible enemy. Overseer John alerts the master about Emily spending too much time with Peter. When they are caught together multiple times, the master decides to sell Peter down south. Read this book to find out how the quilt codes were used and passed down generation to generation. You will want to find out what happens to Peter and Emily!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Keepers of the Secret Code. To get started finding Keepers of the Secret Code, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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