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Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the energetic abolitionist, including her origins as a slave in Maryland, her role as a "conductor" for the Underground Railroad, her service to the Union during the Civil War, and her role in establishing an old-age home for Af
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, bu
Author
Language
English
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Description
Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history-a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of racial and gender stereotypes. Now at last, historian...
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A slave from birth, Harriet Tubman knew she was meant to be free. From the time she was a small child, Harriet was forced to work in the fields and was treated harshly by her owner. Finally, leaving her family behind, she ran away to the North. But her own freedom wasn't enough. She wanted to lead others to liberty. Harriet became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, returning south again and again to rescue more than three hundred slaves. Harriet...
Author
Language
English
Description
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman....
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