# Under the Freedom Tree

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- Book: [Under the Freedom Tree](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-vanhecke/under-the-freedom-tree) ([Under the Freedom Tree.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-vanhecke/under-the-freedom-tree.md))
- Authors: [Susan VanHecke](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-vanhecke), [London Ladd](https://www.bookquiver.com/london-ladd)
- Publisher: charlesbridge
- ISBN: 978-15-8089-551-4
- Pages: 32
- Published: 2019-12-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Taut free verse tells the little-known story of the first contraband camp of the Civil War—seen by some historians as the " beginning of the end of slavery in America." One night in 1861, three escaped...