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25) The conductors
Author
Series
Murder and magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hetty Rhodes and her husband, Benjy, were Conductors on the Underground Railroad, ferrying dozens of slaves to freedom with daring, cunning, and magic that draws its power from the constellations. With the war over, those skills find new purpose as they solve mysteries and murders that white authorities would otherwise ignore. In the heart of Philadelphia's Seventh Ward, everyone knows that when there's a strange death or magical curses causing trouble,...
26) The last runaway
Author
Language
English
Description
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom.
Author
Series
Saddler's legacy volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a small farm in 19th-century Ohio, Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eli. When she travels to Pittsburgh with her father on business, Will shows her that nobility is more than fine words. When the Millers return to Ohio and their ministry there, Will resolves to find them at any cost. Will Ann be waiting?
Author
Language
English
Description
The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" (Newsday).
Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising,...
Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harper's Ferry slave uprising,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him.
Author
Series
Young Indiana Jones volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1990]
Physical Desc
123 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1913, fourteen-year-old Indiana Jones traces the route of the Underground Railroad to help a young woman find her family fortune lost before the Civil War.
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
Dies Drear chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
An African American family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home in Ohio which was once an important station on the Underground Railroad.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. As a leading abolitionist, her bravery and selflessness has inspired generations in the continuing struggle for civil rights. Not only did Tubman help liberate hundreds of slaves, she was the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War, worked as a spy for the Union Army, was a fierce suffragist, and was an advocate for the aged.--Provided...
Author
Series
Tract volume no. 87
Publisher
Western Reserve Historical Society
Pub. Date
1895.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (91-121 pages).
Language
English
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