Crossing Bok Chitto
Seven slaves cross the big river to freedom, led by a Choctaw angel walking on water.
Seven slaves cross the big river to freedom, led by a Choctaw angel walking on water.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780938317777 (0938317776)
Publish date: April 1st 2006
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Martha Tom knows she's not supposed to cross Bok Chitto, but she does one day in search of blackberries. Martha Tom hides behind a bush when she hears someone and soon she is discovered by a tall slave. He instructs his son, Little Mo, to help Martha Tom get home. A friendship begins between Martha ...
A wonderful story of people helping people, based on old Choctaw legends. Bok Chitto is a river; on one side are Choctaw lands and on the other are the lands of plantation owners and slaves. When a group of slaves learn their family is to be sold to another plantation, the slaves use their friendsh...