Beneath Freedom's Wing

by Caroline Grimm

MathildeMathilde runs from the cruelty of slavery and makes her way North, helped along the way by Quakers and abolitionists. She encounters danger with every step, never sure who is a helper and who is an enemy.

The AbolitionistsWhen Joseph and Phebe Fessenden came to the peaceful village of South Bridgton, Maine to serve the newly founded Congregational church in 1829, they soon found themselves embroiled in controversy over the abolition of slavery and the evils of “demon rum.” Tempers run high and Parson Joe often found himself running counter to public opinion. Mobs threatened him with tar and feathers, cannonballs, and kidnapping.

And then comes a dark-skinned woman whose very existence threatens all she comes in contact with. Will the community rise to protect the rights of all those who live in chains beneath freedom’s wing?

Based on a true story.

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 4, 2014

Reviews

[Nick Bozza · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out kind of slow. It didn’t really get to the Underground Railroad until about halfway through the novel. The first part was about the courtship of the two main characters. I liked the second part of the story because it showed what it was like for slaves escaping from the south, and I wish the whole novel would have focused on that aspect. Perhaps the author would have kept the courtship to maybe the first four chapters and then moved on with the anti-slavery movement. Just my opinion.