slavery

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Midnight journey

running for freedom on the Underground Railroad
2005
Abigail is shocked to discover that her parents are conductors on the Underground Railroad, but she quickly rises to the occasion when it falls to her to see a fifteen-year-old runaway slave to safety in a neighboring town.

Harriet Tubman

1988
Harriet Tubman tells what it was like to grow up as a slave, escape to freedom, and go behind enemy lines during the Civil War.

Freedom crossing

1980
When Laura returns to her home in New York after living with her aunt and uncle in Virginia for four years, she discovers that her father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape to Canada.

War comes to Willy Freeman

1987
A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.

Enemies of slavery

2004
Profiles fourteen American men and women who fought against slavery in the nineteenth century, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elijah Lovejoy, and Lucretia Mott.

Message in the sky

2003
Ten-year-old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother and daughter, runaway slaves, to his family's Amherstburg, Ontario, farm in 1859.

Mingo

2003
In Massachusetts in 1771, seven-year-old Olivia learns about freedom from her father's slave, Mingo, who was promised that he'd be freed when the tide was low enough that he could walk to a certain spot offshore.

Next stop, freedom

the story of a slave girl
1991
Emily, a slave girl who longs to read, escapes from slavery with the help of Harriet Tubman.

Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery

1991
A brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, describing his political career, his feelings about slavery, and his role as president during the Civil War.

The Beatitudes

from slavery to civil rights
2010
The foundation of the civil rights movement.

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