Underground Man Book

Pre-Civil War of the U.S.A., slavery was a valuable asset to the South on their plantations. A man by the name of Joshua Bowen is a trying to find his place in the world, when his father sends him off with Jacob Axley to study as his apprentice. Josh is studying to be a preacher, but it just doesn't seem right. He's got all of the skills, but the passion is lacking. Josh feels that God actually wants him to do something else, so he leaves Jacob to go find other work. He comes across the abolition movement and falls in love with it. Josh has always worn his heart on his sleeve towards man and animal, and what better way to improve the world than to save slaves from oppression and slavery itself. Josh becomes an abolitionist and helps to free slaves through the underground railroad.
If you like fast-paced adventure, discovering life's questions and answers, and seeing the good of man-kind, then you need to read this book!
It's a good example of the abolition movement and how slaves were treated before the Civil War from a white man's perspective.
(T.W.= the "n-word" is used a lot in this book simply because of the time period and how the language was used. There is also a slight bit of profanity and nudity because of how slaveholders and auctioneers mistreated the slaves.)

A good book that I would only suggest for mature high school students because of the context and the reading level. I would not read this aloud to my class, and I might not even keep it in my personal library simply because of how much the "n-word" is used.