underground railroad

A collection of first-person accounts from runaway slaves about their dangerous journeys to freedom.

Chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman, describing the many different roles she played throughout her life, including thief, slave, trickster, abolitionist, and African-American leader.

Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.

Collects alphabetically arranged entries to describe the important people, places, social organizations, and operations within the history of the Underground Railroad; and includes a chronology, bibliography, and index.

Provides information about the Underground Railroad, a network of people in the U.S. who helped slaves escape to freedom; looks at the activities of some of the people who played significant roles in the fight to free the slaves; and explains the signals used to communicate with runaway slaves.

Fourteen-year-old Quaker Joshua Whitaker assists Harriet Tubman when runaway slaves journey through Philadelphia using the Underground Railroad.

Tells Harriet Tubman's life story, describing her early life as a slave, her escape, and her leadership of more than three hundred slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Quaker brother and sister, Ann and Jesse Redfield, share a hatred of slavery. Jesse soon gets involved in the Underground Railroad and Ann asks no questions as she joins him in this work. When Jesse returns from a run, both he and the fugitive slave, Josiah, are ill with fever. Unable to travel, Josiah stays the winter at Redfield Farm where Ann becomes his nurse, teacher, friend, and confidant. Soon a disappointment in Ann's own life makes her turn to Josiah for comfort and their friendship soon blossoms into something more.

Contains a collection of poems by the author that imagines what Harriet Tubman went through and attempts to convey the danger and hope of the underground slave revolt.

Chronicles the life of Harriet Tubman based on the text of stories she told about her life, discussing her childhood in slavery, her religious beliefs, her escape to the North, her role in the Underground Railroad, and other related topics.