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Author
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history-a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of racial and gender stereotypes. Now at last, historian...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued by slave hunters, and finally 5000 miles across the ocean to England, where they were able to settle peacefully.
28) Harriet Tubman
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 activity book (46 p. : 28 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Animated biography of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, who helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom in the North.
Author
Series
Fighting for justice volume 2
Publisher
Heyday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
105 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.
Author
Publisher
37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A gripping and true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South -- and their daring attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, reminiscent of Twelve Years A Slave and Never Caught"--
Author
Series
Library of America volume 247
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 1042 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Includes memoirs, travel writings, fiction, and history.
33) To be a slave
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. Paired with historical commentary and powerful paintings, Julius Lester's book presents what it felt like to be a slave in America through the words of black men and women who lived it rather than filtering through the eyes...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
99 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Graphic biography detailing Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and her efforts with other abolitionists to rescue dozens of those still enslaved"--
37) A slave no more: two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the protection of occupying Union troops. Historian Blight...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. As a young girl, she was hurt badly by her owner. She promised herself that one day she would be free. Once free, she helped many other slaves get their freedom. Learn how Harriet led slaves along the Underground Railroad, from the South to the North. --Page [4] of cover.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major...
40) Freedom by any means: con games, voodoo schemes, true love, and lawsuits on the Underground Railroad
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 305 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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