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Name: Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
Author: Marlene Targ Brill

📘 Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad by Marlene Targ Brill

Recounts how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

First publish date: 1993

Authors: Marlene Targ Brill

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