Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman, describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to explore the uncharted western wilderness.
Fourteen-year-old Luli and her family face tragedy after failing to tell their slaves that President Lincoln's Emanicipation Proclamation made them free.
A young girl who serves as letter writer for her blind stepmother is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest slave uprisings in the history of America.
In 1851, thirteen-year-old Cecilia has her eyes opened to the horrors of slavery when she accompanies her ornithologist uncle on an expedition in search of the rare "Scarlet Ibis, " and watches as he shows slaves the way to the Underground Railroad.