"[This book] is a . . . resource for high school and college students about the life and times of anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, who exemplifies how slaves took the initiative to free themselves and others"--Provided by publisher.
Provides an account of the function of the Underground Railroad, detailing its purpose as a means for Southern slaves to acquire their freedom and profiling the "conductors" who operated it. Discusses how the railroad contributed to the growing anti-slavery movement in America and contains first-person accounts from people who experienced the Railroad.
Presents a history of Abraham Lincoln, the genesis of the United States Republican Party, the debate on slavery, and the Civil War in the early to middle nineteenth century.
