enslaved persons

An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.

Not realizing the consequences of killing the Lord Ruler, Vin is also consumed with guilt over releasing Ruin--a mystic force--from its well-prison. Meanwhile, Emperor Elend Venture attempts to decipher the clues left behind by the Lord Ruler in order to save the world.

Elend Venture, the new Lord Ruler of Luthadel, faces enemy armies led by his father, Lord Straff, who are camped outside the city gates.

The Skaa, having slaved in misery for a thousand years under the corrupt, absolute power of the Lord Ruler, still manage to find hope, which rises once again when a criminal mastermind teams up with an unlikely heroine.

"The day nine-year-old Grace is called to work in the kitchen in the Big House, everyone warns her to to keep her head down and her thoughts to herself, but the more she sees of the oppressive Master and his hateful wife, the more she questions things until one day her thoughts escape--and to avoid being separated she and her family flee into the Dismal Swamp, to join the other escaped slaves who live there"--OCLC.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about sites on the Underground Railroad throughout the United States and Canada, and includes routes, itineraries, and information on how connections were made between locations.

Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, in which she describes the trials of her life as a Southern slave, and discusses her determination to win freedom for herself and her children.

An exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that discusses her childhood, escape from slavery, involvement in the Underground Railroad and Civil War, fight for women's rights, and other related topics.

Describes the origins of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, while providing a background on Abraham Lincoln's life, entry into politics, and views on slavery.

In 1960, bored and lonely thirteen-year-old Sophie is not happy about spending the summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou until she finds a maze with a secretive and mischievous inhabitant. She then makes a wish and finds herself in 1860 at her family's home, where she is mistaken for a slave.