A thirteen-year-old boy is kidnapped to play the fife on board a slave ship enroute to Africa from New Orleans in 1840 - (Baker & Taylor)

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo. - (Baker & Taylor)

Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, 13-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he is sickened by the horrible practices of the slave business. But they are nothing compared to the one final horror that Jessie will witness. Can the cruelty be stopped before it’s too late? - (Random House, Inc.)