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 category, and this book builds on that success with the same careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach to high-interest biographies of fascinating people such as Harriet Tubman, has proved to be a winning formula with kids.
Oh, freedom, Oh, freedom Oh freedom over me And before I'd be a slave I'd be buried in my grave Oh Freedom And go home to my Lord and be free Oh, freedom Oh, freedom, Oh, freedom Oh freedom over me And before I'd be a slave I'd be ...
"At last Harriet Tubman...has received the stunning and major biography that she has so long deserved...absolutely thrilling..." (Gail Buckley, author of American Patriots). "...in this lively biography.
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer.
Tubman apparently told Clark that “there were many people in the slave states, even slaveholders, who were willing to ... See District 4 for the various Cator families; and see also Will of Thomas E. Cator, in Leslie and Neil Keddie, ...
... 123 May, Samuel J., 47, 117 McClellan, General George C., 99–100 McGowan, James A., xv–xvi, 147–49 Mendenhall, Dinah, 24 Mendenhall, Isaac, 24 Methodists, 3, 11–12,26, 65 Mexican War, 27 Miscegenation, 19 Missouri Compromise (1820), ...
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman: By SARAH H. BRADFORD. [Special Illustrated Edition]
Examines 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.
See how Harriet Tubman impacted humanity, shaped the world, and changed the course of history.
A narrative biography of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and led others to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
This book will become a landmark resource for scholars, historians, and general readers interested in slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and African American women.