"Jump Ship to Freedom"

This is the second book in the Arabus Family Saga series.  In this story young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford, Connecticut.  by law they should be free since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary War.  But now that his father is dead, the Ivers won't let them go.  Daniel steals the soldier's notes that his father earned to buy their freedom back from Mrs. Ivers but he is caught.  A furious Capt. Ivers forces him aboard a ship bound for the West Indies and slavery.  Even if Daniel can manage to jump ship in New York, will he be able to travel the long and dangerous road to freedom?

Paperback.  208 pages.  Grades 3-6.