SuitabookYoung canaller
Gerry Stafford
- Reading
- You could read together in short stretches and pause to distinguish what the story shows about canal work from what it presents about slavery and freedom.
- Themes
- Slavery and escape: Kevin helps enslaved people escape to freedom in Canada. The plot includes assistance to people escaping slavery, but this alone does not establish the story's wider treatment of slavery or its consequences.
- Work and keeping a promise: Kevin continues working for the Gypsy Queen's harsh captain because he resolves to keep a promise made to his father. The plot links his continued work to a family promise, but does not establish whether the story approves of or questions that choice.
- Worth knowing
- Slavery and escape are part of the plot, and Kevin's captain is described as harsh.