underground railroad

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Freedom's a-callin me

2012
Reimagines the journeys of the brave men and women who made their way to freedom on the Underground Railroad in fifteen poems.

Harriet Tubman

leader of the Underground Railroad
2001
Text and illustrations chronicle the life of Harriet Tubman, who helped African-American slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad; also includes a glossary, a Tubman chronology, a Civil War time line, and a bibliography.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

2007
Tells the life story of Harriet Tubman in graphic novel format, focusing on her work to help slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

1993
A biography of the African-American woman who escaped from slavery, led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, aided Northern troops during the Civil War, and worked for women's suffrage.

Night boat to freedom

2006
At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.

The patchwork path

a quilt map to freedom
2005
While her father leads her toward Canada and away from the plantation where they have been slaves, a young girl thinks of the quilt her mother used to teach her a code that will help guide them to freedom.

A good night for freedom

2004
Hallie discovers two runaway slaves hiding in Levi Coffin's home and must decide whether to turn them in or help them escape to freedom. Includes historical notes on the Underground Railroad and abolitionists Levi and Catharine Coffin.

The Underground Railroad

1997
Describes the operation, stations, and famous conductors of the Underground Railroad, a network that helped slaves escape from bondage prior to the Civil War in the United States.

January's sparrow

2009
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation, traveling north through the Underground Railroad in search of freedom.

Bright Freedom's song

a story of the Underground Railroad
1998
In the years before the Civil War, Bright discovers that her parents are providing a safehouse for the Underground Railroad and helps to save a runaway slave named Marcus.

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