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Gr 7-Up In December 1863 Moses, a 14-year-old slave, runs away from his Maryland master rather than be sold South. He befriends Goshen, a blind free black, and the two are enticed onto a ship with promises of work. The voyage, however, takes them--and 400 others--to an uninhabited island off Haiti, as part of an ill-conceived colonization scheme. Weeks of hunger, sickness, hardship, struggle, and death follow. Moses--educated, energetic, and healthy--becomes the group's leader. By th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More