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Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Summary of The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | Includes Analysis Preview: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a work of speculative fiction that follows a runaway slave, Cora, on a grisly tour through the American South. Conveyed by the underground railroad, which the author has rendered as a literal mode of transportation, Cora travels from Georgia, to South Carolina, to North Carolina, to Tennessee, and finally to Indiana....
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
True stories drawn from the inspirational and heartrending history of the Underground Railroad It is estimated that by 1850 over one hundred thousand slaves had escaped to freedom in the North via a network of safe houses and secret routes known collectively as the Underground Railroad. First published in 1879, Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad chronicles the perilous journeys and thrilling adventures of nearly two-dozen escaped...
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Language
English
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Discover the Story Behind a Secret Passageway Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure. Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house’s ownership. In...
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Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ohio was at the heart of it all.
During a dark time in United States history, thousands of freedom seekers traveled the Underground Railroad through Ohio. The Buckeye State hosted about half of all fugitive slave traffic of the antebellum era. A mix of Northern and Southern settlers in the state added drama to a struggle that led to major benefits for the state and the country. Unfortunately, this epic past was obscured by silence and secrecy and...
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Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The heroic struggles of the thousands of slaves who sought freedom through the Underground Railroad are vividly portrayed in this powerful activity book, as are the abolitionists, free blacks, and former slaves who helped them along the way. The text includes 80 compelling firsthand narratives from escaped slaves and abolitionists and 30 biographies of "passengers," "conductors," and "stationmasters," such as Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Levi...
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Series
Publisher
Nomad Press / Bookmasters
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Imagine leaving everything you've ever known -- your friends, family, and home -- to travel along roads you've never seen before, getting help from people you've never met before, with the constant threat of capture hovering over your every move. Would you risk your life on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom from slavery? In The Underground Railroad: Navigate the Journey from Slavery to Freedom , readers ages 9 to 12 examine how slavery developed...
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Saddler's Legacy series now available in one volume! Fairer than Morning Ann Miller dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eliuuntil Will Hanby shows her that nobility is more than fine words. Sweeter than Birdsong Music offers Kate Winter sweet refuge from her troubles ... but when she meets Ben Hanby she discovers that real freedom is sweeter. Lovelier than Daylight Susanna Hanby is a lady of principles who values family above...
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