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Describes the underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom.
Describes the Underground Railroad that operated in the United States for runaway slaves, and offers readers a chance to pick sides and make choices.
The Underground Railroad - A Record - Of Facts, Authentic Narrative, Letters, &c., - Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their efforts of FreedomBy William Still.
In The Underground Railroad: The Journey to Freedom, read how this secret system worked in the days leading up to the Civil War and the pivotal role it played in the abolitionist movement.
Portrays the activities of the Underground Railroad in the years prior to the Civil War, and documents the routes, lives, hardships, and accomplishments of the "conductors" and their "passengers," the escaped slaves.
Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom--including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson ...
In The Underground Railroad: Navigate the Journey from Slavery to Freedom, readers ages 9 to 12 examine how slavery developed in the United States and what motivated abolitionists to work for its destruction.
Read & Co. History is proudly republishing this classic book in a brand new edition complete with an introductory biography by William Wells Brown.
Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!" at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made ...
This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States.
The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.
But one man, and that the author of this book, is known to have succeeded in preserving anything like a full account of the workings of the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, as it was called before emancipation.
Offers the profiles of 100 people— abolitionists, fugitives, rescuers, and so on—associated with the Underground Railroad. Calarco, Tom. Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide. With Cynthia Vogel, Kathryn Grover, ...
Places of the Underground Railroad: A Geographical Guide. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Cooper, Afua. The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2006.
The Underground Railroad: From Slavery to Freedom
From a "conductor" who assisted runaway slaves in their flight to freedom, here is a collection of letters, newspaper articles, and firsthand accounts about refugees' narrow escapes and deadly struggles. Over 50 illustrations.
The Underground Railroad by William Still is a work of historical nonfiction meant for all. The collection of vivid, personal stories serves as an excellent education of antebellum America directly from one of its witnesses.
"Dramatic firsthand accounts of daring escapes to freedom. Hariet Tubman led group after group of fugitive slaves to freedom, each time proclaiming, 'I can't die but once.' Frederick Douglass fled...
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia and life is hellish for all the slaves. Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, and they plot their escape.