slaves

A fictional account of a slave family from the U.S. and a Canadian family who helps them escape by way of the Underground Railroad in 1856.

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.

Tells the story of a slave couple, Ellen Craft and her husband William, who escaped slavery in 1848 when light-skinned Ellen disguised herself as a white man traveling north by boat and train with her servant, William.

A simple biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued other slaves as a conductor in the Underground Railroad.

Demonstrates how bravery enabled Harriet Tubman, a slave, to escape to freedom, and subsequently bring more than 300 other people out of bondage.

A biography of the African-American woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground Railroad.

Examines the experiences of the runaway slave who risked her life to help others through the Underground Railroad.

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

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.