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Who was Harriet Tubman?

2019
A biography of Harriet Tubman, the nineteenth-century woman who escaped slavery in the American South and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman

a life in American history
"[This book] is a . . . resource for high school and college students about the life and times of anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, who exemplifies how slaves took the initiative to free themselves and others"--Provided by publisher.

Harriet Tubman

A middle grade biography introducing the life and achievements of the history-changing abolitionist describes Tubman's early years in slavery, her role in helping scores of slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and her Civil War contributions as a nurse, scout, and advisor.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Presents a biography of Harriet Tubman and her involvement with the Underground Railroad during the Civil War, and provides information on the Fugitive Slave Act, John Brown, her work as a nurse and a spy, and the legacy she left behind.

Lost in the tunnel of time

Ziggy and his friends are excited to find out about the tunnel under their school that was once used by the Underground Railroad and decide to check it out.
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Harriet Tubman

A biography of the African American woman who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
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The patchwork path

a quilt map to freedom
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.
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Harriet Tubman

the life of an African-American abolitionist
Examines the life of Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who risked her freedom to help other slaves along the Underground Railroad. Presented in graphic novel form.
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Get on board

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