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  • The Price of a Child

  • By: Lorene Cary
  • Narrated by: Lorene Cary
  • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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The Price of a Child

By: Lorene Cary
Narrated by: Lorene Cary
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Lorene Cary has been praised by the American Library Association for her honest style that brings African American history to life. Ginnie Pryor finally has the chance to escape slavery - but to do so, she must leave her youngest child behind. With her new found freedom come responsibilities and a new identityas abolitionist Mercer Gray. But she cannot forget her abandoned baby boy.

©1995 Lorene Cary (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC
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This story needed to be told from an inside view of the Underground Railroad. It is based on a true story that makes it more interesting.

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