Mountains of hope in Rochester's African-American history
Nolte, Marilyn S.
An exploration of African-Americans buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. Includes such notables as the Douglass family, The Sprague family, the Wycoff family and Dr. Charles T. Lunsford.
While on a visit to the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Emma finds herself going back in time where, as a runaway slave, she uses the Underground Railroad to make her way to Canada.
A brief biography of nineteenth-century former slave and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, who is known for leading over 300 slaves to freedom in the North.
Examines the history of the Underground Railroad, a network of people and safe refuges by which escaped slaves made their way north to freedom, focusing on the role of Canada in helping the fugitives create new, independent lives.
abolitionist and conductor of the underground railroad
Krasner, Barbara
2018
A biography of Harriet Tubman, discussing her early life as a slave, her escape to freedom, and her many trips back to the South to lead other slaves to freedom in the North as a conductor on the Undergraound Railroad.
A brief introduction to 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.
A brief illustrated biography of the African-American woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad.