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Author
Language
English
Description
"No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only 'conductors' who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about 'passengers' on the 'Railroad,' this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Combines an account of the life of antislavery activist Harriet Tubman with the author's memories of the quilts his grandmother made and of growing up in an African American family in the twentieth century.
15) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
17) Underground
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A stellar introduction to the Underground Railroad, narrated by a group of slaves. Readers experience the fugitives' escape, their long nighttime journey punctuated by meetings with friends and enemies, and their final glorious arrival in a place of freedom."--Amazon.com.
20) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the life of Harriet Tubman, who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
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