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Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
59 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidance--and its light helped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom too"--
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages.
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"Find out about the life of Harriet Tubman and how her brave actions working to "conduct" the Underground Railroad helped the Union Army in the Civil War lead more than 700 slaves to freedom. Learn about Harriet Tubman's life, achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for independent readers. National Geographic Readers have been a hit in the competitive beginning reader...
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
10) Harriet Tubman
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"After escaping from slavery when she was a young woman, Harriet Tubman devoted herself to helping others do the same. Readers will discover how Tubman became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, rescuing her family members and dozens of others from plantations in the south and helping them reach safety in the north."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm.
Description
What do you know about the Underground Railroad? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different? Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is the perfect partner for the classroom and for history-loving...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"From the creators of Voices from the Oregon Trail and Colonial Voices, an unflinching story of two young runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, told in their voices and those who helped and hindered them It's the 1850s and enslaved siblings Jeb andMattie are about the make a break for freedom. The pair travel north from Maryland to New Bedford, Massachusetts along the Underground Railroad. Each spread tells about a step of their journey through...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations
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Description
"In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next - as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Altea
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Description
A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Biografía de la esclava que escapó la esclavitud y arriesgó su vida para ayudar a otros esclavos a huir hacia la libertad.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
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Presents the life of black abolitionist William Still, son of an escaped slave, who helped his people through his work with Philadelphia's Anti-slavery Society and the Underground Railroad.
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