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Almost to Freedom

This is a story of a doll's journey to freedom via the Underground Railroad and the little girls who come to love her compainionship.
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Profiles the personal life and acts of valor of Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor and Union army spy.

Steal away

In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.

She came to slay

the life and times of Harriet Tubman
2019
Explores the life of Harriet Tubman, best known as one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad.
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Ann fights for freedom

an Underground Railroad survival story
2019
"In 1854 in Eastern Maryland twelve-year-old Ann is a slave, grateful that her family is still all together; but when their master, in need of money, decides to sell Ann andher younger brother, their parents decide to take the dangerous step of running away north to freedom--a journey filled with danger, especially since they are not sure how to find the first station on the Underground Railroad"--OCLC.
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Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter

2019
A biography of Harriet Tubman, describing her life born a slave, how she escaped slavery, and how she became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
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Follow the drinking gourd

come along the Underground Railroad
Presents a play about two slaves named Ellie and Sam who escape slavery by following the underground railroad with the help of the Drinking Gourd constellation and the North Star. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.
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Follow the drinking gourd

come along the Underground Railroad
"A dramatization of two escaped slaves who share their brave story along the path to freedom called the Underground Railroad"--Provided by publisher.
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Presents a comic book version of the story of Harriet Tubman, a woman born into slavery who escaped and then risked her freedom to help others along the Underground Railroad.
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