Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: Band 13/Topaz
- ISBN-10
- 000746536X
- ISBN-13
- 9780007465361
- Series
- Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
- Category
- Antislavery movements
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-14
- Publisher
- Collins Educational
- Author
- Philip Steele
Description
Harriet Tubman was born as a slave in 19th Century America, but managed to escape and gain her freedom. Follow this amazing biography of a woman who was prepared to risk her own life to save others from the slavery she had escaped, and learn about the Underground Railroad that she used to achieve this. - Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate. - Text type: A biography - Curriculum links: History; Citizenship
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