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BOOKPUBLISHED BY ALFRED A.KNOPF,INC.  \nCopyright C1988 byJeanette WinterAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American CopyrightConventions.Published in the United States by Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.,New York,and simultaneously in Canada by Random House ofCanada Limited,Toronto.Distributed by Random House,Inc.,New York.Manufactured in the United States of America  \n3  \n5  \n7  \n9  \n10  \n8  \n6  42  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataWinter,JeanetteFollow the drinking gourd/written and illustratedby Jeanette Winter.p.cm.Summary:By followingthe directions in a song,\"The Drinking Gourd,\"taught them byan old sailor named Peg LegJoe,runaway slaves journeynorth along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.ISBN 0-394-89694-7 ISBN 0-394-99694-1(lib.bdg.)  \n[1.Fugitive slaves—Fiction.2.Slavery—Fiction.  \n3.Underground railroad—Fiction.]I.TitlePZ7.W7547Fo 1988 [E]—dc1988-9661  \n# A NOTE ABOUT THE STORY\n\nIn the early days of slavery in the United States many slaves tried to escape their cruel bondage byfleeing north—usually to Canada—to freedom.By the 1840s a loosely organized group of freeblacks,slaves,and white sympathizers formed a secret network of people and places that hidescaped slaves on their dangerous journey to freedom—a network that came to be known as theUnderground Railroad.  \nTraveling along darkened roads at night,hiding out by day,moving slowly upriver alonghundreds of miles of connecting waterways,the fugitive slaves endured many hardships.Slavecatchers hunted them down with dogs.Many were shot or hanged.And even after crossing intothe \"free\"states,runaway slaves could still be captured and returned to their masters for a reward.  \nThe most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman,a runaway slaveherself,who led hundreds of her people to freedom.Among other conductors,there was a one-legged sailor named Peg Leg Joe.Joe hired himself out to plantation owners as a handyman.Thenhe made friends 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\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/followdrinkinggo00wint  \nLong ago,  \nbefore the Civil War,  \nthere was an old sailor called Peg LegJoewho did what he could to help free the slaves.  \nJoe had a plan.He’d use hammer and nail and saw","cbCaiggpPvEfLfEF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiggpPvEfLfEF","pdf",2397552,56,"English","# A Note About the Story\n## Origins of the Underground Railroad\n## Dangers and hardships during escape\n## Conductors: Harriet Tubman and Peg Leg Joe\n## Hidden directions in the song and travel signs","[{\"question\":\"What was the Underground Railroad, and who used it?\",\"answer\":\"It was a secret network of free Black people, enslaved people, and white sympathizers who hid and assisted runaway slaves on their journey north.\"},{\"question\":\"How did “Follow the Drinking Gourd” help runaway slaves navigate?\",\"answer\":\"The note explains that hidden lyrics contained directions, using the Drinking Gourd (the Big Dipper) and the North Star to guide travelers 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