Jump Ship To Freedom

Jump Ship To Freedom

By: Marcos Soto

Jump ship to freedom.

Collier, James L., and Christopher Collier. Jump Ship to Freedom. New York, NY: Bantam Doublesday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., March 1987. Print.

List of Main Characters

• Daniel Arabus,
• Captain Ivers,
• Daniel's mother,
• Mrs. Ivers
• Birdsey Brooks,
• Carrie,
• Sam Fraunces,
• Peter Fatherscreft,
• William Samuel Johnson

Reccemendation

I do not recommend this book i thought it was boring.

By: Marcos Soto

Presented By: Marky Mark

All BY ME

Event 7:

A representative of Congress tells Fatherscreft of the choices made by the states with the issues of slavery. The Southern states agreed that slavery could be outlawed in the Northern states, if the Northern states agreed to the fugitive-slave law which requires people in the Northern states to return escaped slaves.

Event 6:

Event 4:

Daniel hears that men representing the 13 states have gathered in Philadelphia to write a constitution joining the states into a single nation. Daniel hopes the new government will repay the Revolutionary War notes so Daniel can buy his and his mother's freedom.

Daniel is in a lot of danger of being caught because people would suspect a lone, unfamiliar, young black man as a runaway slave. In New York, Daniel gets help from a slave girl named Carrie, Black Sam Fraunces and Peter Fatherscreft

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Setting Description

1787, Colonial America

Event 1:

Daniel was born into slavery in 1773. In 1787, age 14 he decided he wanted to steal his father's money back (which was soldier notes) from his owners by starting a "house fire". In the event no one was hurt and he just managed to just make the house smokey.

In the End

Event 8:

Daniel returns to Captain Ivers, but Johnson makes a deal with Captain Ivers to free Daniel and his mother only a few years later.

Daniel's travels as a runaway slave are hard. Fatherscreft dies before getting to Philadelphia with the message. Before dying, he asks Daniel to give the message to William Samuel Johnson. Daniel agrees but he knows that the message determines him to remain a slave. Daniel delivers the message, and the compromise becomes part of the Constitution.

Event 2:

Event 3:

The everyday tasks on the ship keep the crew busy, even Daniel and his friend Birdsey Brooks, who is Captain Ivers' nephew. In a storm two crew members and Birdsey are lost at sea. Then the mast breaks in half, leaving the ship in a wreck. The captain decides to turn back instead of going to the West Indies. When the ship finally reaches New York Harbor for repairs, Daniel starts a fire on the ship to create a distraction so he can escape.

Daniel's master, Captain Ivers, distrusts Daniel and takes him on his next voyage with the intention of selling him in the West Indies, and Daniel's mother stay with their original masters'.