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This time the mysterious box that Ranger the Golden retriever found transports him to a Maryland plantation before the Civil War, where he must help a young house slave named Sarah and her younger brother Jesse find their way to the Underground Railroad and North to freedom, before Jesse is sold to a plantation further South.

A historical novel on the colonization of Maryland in the 17th Century. It follows the fortunes of immigrants, among them a wealthy noblewoman fleeing the persecution of Catholics in England, and a girl pickpocket who is being deported for sale as a servant. Filled with details on everyday life, the story describes New World conflicts between Virginians and Marylanders, Catholics and Protestants.

This book discusses white slavery of colonial Maryland and Virginia, children who were kidnapped and sold into slavery (ca. 1660-1720). This book identifies 170 ships that carried the children to plantations in Maryland and Virginia, as well as discusses some of the ports children were taken from in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Dr. Philips includes the names of over 1400 children and details the places they were taken, perspective ages, and dates...

Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were common. Only the most heinous cases stood out-chief amongst...