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The purchase / Linda Spalding. --

By: Publication details: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2012.Description: 352 pISBN:
  • 0771079354
  • 9780771079351
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: In 1798, Daniel Dickinson, a young Quaker father and widower, leaves his home in Pennsylvania to establish a new life. He sets out with two horses, a wagonful of belongings, his five children, a 15-year-old orphan wife, and a few land warrants for his future homestead. When Daniel suddenly trades a horse for a young slave, Onesimus, it sets in motion a struggle in his conscience that will taint his life forever, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to two murders and the family's strange relationship with a runaway slave named Bett.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Flesherton Branch Shelves FIC Spald (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 32241001059668
Fiction Kimberley Branch Shelves FIC Spald (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36990002011484
Fiction Markdale Branch Shelves FIC Spald (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436003061550

In 1798, Daniel Dickinson, a young Quaker father and widower, leaves his home in Pennsylvania to establish a new life. He sets out with two horses, a wagonful of belongings, his five children, a 15-year-old orphan wife, and a few land warrants for his future homestead. When Daniel suddenly trades a horse for a young slave, Onesimus, it sets in motion a struggle in his conscience that will taint his life forever, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to two murders and the family's strange relationship with a runaway slave named Bett.

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