In the upper country
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Viking
Publication Date:
[2023]
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First United States edition
Language:
English
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"In the 1800s in Dunmore, a Canadian town settled by people fleeing enslavement in the American south, young Lensinda Martin works for a crusading Black journalist. One night, a neighboring farmer summons Lensinda after a slave hunter is shot dead on his land by an old woman who recently arrived via the Underground Railroad. When the old woman refuses to flee before the authorities arrive, the farmer urges Lensinda to gather testimony from her before she can be condemned for the crime. But the old woman doesn’t want to confess. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story. And so begins an extraordinary exchange of tales that reveal an interwoven history of Black and Indigenous peoples in a wide swath of what is called North America. As time runs out, Lensinda is challenged to uncover her past and face her fears in order to make good on the bargain of a story for a story. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensinda’s destiny." --publisher's website.
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Subjects
African American journalists
African American journalists -- Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
Death
Fugitive slaves
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples -- Fiction
North America -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
Slave traders
Slave traders -- Death -- Fiction
Social conditions
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad -- Fiction
African American journalists -- Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
Death
Fugitive slaves
Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
Great Lakes Region (North America) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples -- Fiction
North America -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction
Slave traders
Slave traders -- Death -- Fiction
Social conditions
Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad -- Fiction
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9780593489505
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Fugitive slaves -- Fiction
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Historical fiction
Indigenous peoples -- Fiction
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Slave traders
Social conditions
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Social conditions
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