fugitive slaves

A picture book biography that looks at the life African-American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, writer, historian and civil rights activist William Still.

A narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for freedom.

"Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Ona seized the opportunity to escape when she was brought to live in the President's Mansion in Philadelphia. Ona fled to New Hampshire and started a new life. But the Washingtons wouldn't give up easily. After her escape, Ona became the focus of a years-long manhunt, led by America's first president"--Provided by publisher.

"This book for elementary readers outlines key dates throughout this change maker's life. Full-color photographs and a timeline depict each step in the road to change, from Harriet Tubman's early life in slavery to her work liberating slaves as a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. A glossary, further resources, and an index are included"--.

Shares the life of Josiah Henson, the slave who walked over 3,000 miles to become free, who saved 118 enslaved people, started a freeman settlement, and was a hero during the Civil War era.

"The Underground Railroad was a system of people who wanted to help Southern slaves escape to the free North or Canada in secret. Between 40,000 and 100,000 people escaped to freedom thanks to the Underground Railroad. Readers are presented with a wealth of primary sources, including photographs, personal accounts, literature from the time, and pre-Civil War legislation pertaining to slavery. Readers will have a chance to reach their own conclusions based on facts they find in the primary sources. Sidebars provide readers with supplementary information about the difficult route slaves traveled to reach freedom and encourage readers to continue asking questions about primary sources about the Underground Railroad"--Amazon.com.

In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.

Lina Sparrow, an ambitious lawyer working on a class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves, learns that the art of revered painter Lu Anne Bell is suspected to be that of her house slave, Josephine, and seeks a descendant of Josephine to join the lawsuit.

"The Underground Railroad to the North was salvation for many US slaves before the Civil War. But during the same decades, thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico. In [this book], [the author] tells the story of Mexico's rise as an antislavery republic and a promised land for enslaved people in North America. She describes how Mexico's abolition of slavery challenged US institutions and helped to set the international stage for the US Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

A history of the Kidnapping Club, a network of New York City judges, lawyers, police officers, and bankers who circumvented northern anti-slavery laws by kidnapping and selling free Black Americans for vast sums of wealth.