Deborah Hopkinson

A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.

The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.

A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.

Fannie Farmer is a mother's helper in the Shaw house, where the daughter gives her the idea of writing down precise instructions for measuring and cooking, which eventually became one of the first modern cookbooks.