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Illustrations and easy-to-follow text introduce students to the Underground Railroad, discussing how it was formed, what it was, and how it helped free slaves during the Civil War.

Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

A biography of the African-American woman who helped over 300 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad and was never caught herself.

Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of this former slave who went on to become an abolitionist and advisor to Abraham Lincoln.