The+Story+of+Jonas



When the slave master promises to make Jonas, a thirteen-year-old slave, his personal manservant, it seems a dream come true to Jonas. His best friend, Tate, dreams too, but, his dream is of freedom from the master. One dream would allow fine clothes, knowing the master’s family secrets, and having special privileges; the other could get you killed. 1859 was like no other year. That was the year the boys’ lives were to change forever. Jonas was sent to the Kansas Territory gold fields with the master’s good-for-nothing son. For a year, Jonas cooks and takes care of gold-seeking Percy Hooper. As Jonas encounters more people and new experiences, he changes. This is his history. This is his story: The journey of an ignorant slave boy becoming a freedom-seeking young man.