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The Year of Jubilee    by George Nagle
Price: $7.99 USD. 410420 words. Published on August 16, 2010. .

In June 1863, the African American community of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania watched as Confederate soldiers invaded the free soil of their state and threatened the freedom that they had fought so hard and so long to establish. Although faced with certain death or enslavement if they were captured, the community stood fast, and heroically came to the defense of the Keystone State in an hour of crisis.
Amazing Tales of St. Lawrence Neighbourhood in Old Town Toronto    by Bruce Bell
Price: $4.99 USD. 42910 words. Published by Frank Touby  on September 16, 2010. .

Children were hanged, women without husbands had little choice but to prostitute themselves, clergy and ruling families cruelly dominated a lusty, oftentimes unruly population. The seamy and the sacred united to form one of the world’s great cities: Toronto. Telling its tales is famed local historian Bruce Bell, a uniquely skilled and deeply emotional storyteller.
Joshua Freeman    by Ernie Webb
Price: $4.95 USD. 48960 words. Published by The von Raesfeld Agency  on February 4, 2011. .

Joshua, a runaway slave, outwits his hunters and becomes a free man. He joins a wagon train heading west. He needs to earn enough money to buy his siblings' freedom and avenge his mother's death. His life is changed because of the people he meets, the experiences he has, and the life lessons he learns during the journey as he grows from a brave boy into a mature, courageous young man.
A Friend with Friends    by Hannah  Cassidy
Price: $2.99 USD. 65270 words. Published on May 4, 2011. .

No one has escaped from a Facility. Young,pregnant women are confined until their baby's birth. The price they pay will cost them their dreams, and often, their baby. Jennie is a secret Squad member, those who try to spirit away pregnant women before they're discovered. When her sister is caught and sent to a facility, Jennie vows to help Emmie to be the first to escape. The clock is ticking!
Indiana Places Guide to Osgood and Napoleon    by Indiana Places
Price: $0.99 USD. 4380 words. Published by Mossy Feet Books  on July 29, 2011. .

This guide for Osgood and Napoleon Indiana includes accomodations, shopping, entertainment and dining options available for these two Indiana towns. A twenty five mile driving tour through northwestern Ripley County is included in the booklet which leads past Underground Railroad and Civil War points of interest.
Black Purse    by Stephanie M Sellers
Price: $2.99 USD. 104010 words. Published on August 14, 2011. .

As one woman's story of overcoming unfolds, so do the pages of the Underground Railroad. North Carolina's Lumbee Indian heritage is explored and finally examined when a written document is handed to the rightful heir. But not before Exilee Sheffield learns through real life experiences that fate sometimes rides a hot horse.
The Night the Stars Fell    by Cheryl Morris
Price: $4.99 USD. 92370 words. Published on September 1, 2011. .

Someone is murdering the people she loves. Throughout it all, the one thing Catharine "Cat" Taylor can depend on is the friendship of her lifelong companion Lizzie, a plantation slave. Then Lizzie is sold. Now Cat must decide - do nothing, or risk everything to save her friend and bring a murderer to justice. Either way, the decision may cost Cat her life.
The Cabin    by Smoky Trudeau Zeidel
Price: $4.99 USD. 48680 words. Published by Vanilla Heart Publishing on October 16, 2011. .

Smoky Trudeau Zeidel brings to this magical and compelling historical fantasy an obvious and highly detailed love of plants and animals, mountains, dreams, and the old wisdom of one attuned to the mysteries of the natural world. —Malcolm R. Campbell, Campbell Editorial, author of The Sun Singer and Sarabande
Inn Time    by Scott Cardinal
Price: $0.99 USD. 14790 words. Published by Campfire Publishing  on November 3, 2011. .

When a married couple stay at a mysterious Bed and Breakfast filled with historical artifacts they find themselves transported to the past where their experiences have both a positive affect on history and their own lives. They both become real-life historical figures, and in-turn learn a great deal about themselves, and literally "learn from the past."
SteampunX - Episode Three: The Railroad Underground    by Benjamin Jacobson
Price: Free! 9100 words. Published on December 27, 2011. .

On the run from a dark legacy, the man called Thunder and a group of fugitive slaves escape through the backwoods of New France. Freedom waits in the city-state of Liberia, if they can put aside their differences and evade capture. Meanwhile the organization known as the Factory has transformed slaves into bio-mechanical zombies and set them like dogs on the path of the fleeing mob.