博客來When the runaway slave, Jerry, is arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, church bells draw multitudes to downtown Syracuse. Witness the daring
rescue through the eyes of Edward Wheaton and his teenage friends in the Salt City on the Erie Canal. Residents are torn between obeying the hated law or
freeing the captive by force. What happens if one goes in oppostition to the law? Is there a ’Higher Law’ to follow? Edward learns that convictions are measured
by actions, and that liberty is more precious than life.
