The year is 1858 and the activity of the Underground Railroad is at its peak as it seeks to smuggle slaves out of the southern states of the U.S. Set in Georgia, The Shack on the Hill tells the tale of three slaves that escape a cotton plantation and a family who assist such people on the journey north to freedom. Owen and Patsey leave Lone Pine Plantation with another slave called Amos. They are helped by a number of people as they make their...