Keepers of the Secret Code

Download or read book Keepers of the Secret Code written by Karen Williams and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.But Peter is almost twelve, and 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.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. So when Peter comes between Samuel and the overseer's whip, Peter makes a terrible enemy. Will Peter be allowed to apprentice with Sam?Or will he end up in the fields, at the mercy of Overseer John?Based on historical facts and accounts of the Underground Railroad.