underground railroad

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There's a dead person following my sister around

2001
Eleven-year-old Ted becomes concerned and intrigued when his five-year-old sister Vicki begins receiving visits from two female ghosts.

The story of Harriet Tubman

conductor of the underground railroad
1991
A biography of the former slave who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad and lead over 300 slaves to freedom.

Lost in the tunnel of time

2006
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.

Escape to freedom

the Underground Railroad adventures of Callie and William
2004
An account of two slaves who escaped from their masters in Kentucky and, aided by the people of the Underground Railroad, made their way to freedom in Canada.

President of the Underground Railroad

a story about Levi Coffin
2001
A biography of a Quaker man from North Carolina whose fearless work on the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio helped thousands of men and women escape the cruelty of slavery.

Eliza's freedom road

an Underground Railroad diary
2011
A twelve-year-old slave girl begins writing in a journal where she documents her journey via the Underground Railroad from Alexandria, Virginia to freedom in St. Catharines, Canada.

The mystery on the Underground Railroad

2003
Four children learn about the Underground Railroad and the heroes and slaves who found their way to freedom along it.

Dear Austin

letters from the Underground Railroad
2000
In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his African-American friend Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.

An apple for Harriet Tubman

2006
After living on a plantation and picking apples without being able to eat them, Harriet Tubman achieves her dream of having her own apple trees.

--If you traveled on the underground railroad

1993
Explains what the underground railroad was, why slaves ran away, and how they were helped to escape.

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