Follow the Drinking Gourd

from sottallah

This book told a story about a family of slaves that ran away to freedom. In a short children's book, it captures the pain and suffering the family had to go through just to reach freedom. In my opinion, it was well written and the illustrations were great!

from KristalKangasHanes

This is the story of an old sailor, Peg Leg Joe, who traveled as an overseer of slaves teaching the the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd". This song is encoded with directions to freedom in Canada. Molly and James are a slave family that is given one more evening together before the family get spl...

from BrittN

Summary: Follow the Drinking Gourd is about a slave family that has to find freedom because the dad was being sent to another plantation. They had met a guy named Peg Leg Joe who had taught them a song about freedom. The slave family began to sing the song and left the plantation at night to foll...

from kirkonly

Tells the story of man who travels from farm to farm, acting as a worker while he teaches the slaves a song that would lead them to freedom- by following the drinking gourd. It tells of the slaves' journeys to freedom as they follow the words to the song and the ways they were helped and threaten...

from jthodesen01

This is a great book to utilize in an elementary school, lower level, classroom. It utilizes beautiful figurative language and utilized music lyrics, or poetry, about following a drinking gourd to freedom. It is a great introductory book to discussions on the Underground Railroad. I would read th...