Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
New York : Holiday House, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 140 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
Contents:
Minty -- Hair saved her life -- Talking to the Lord -- A glory over everything -- The Underground Railroad -- The fugitive slave bill -- "Shout, you are free!" -- John Brown -- A miraculous rescue -- Secession -- Spy, guide, laundress and nurse -- Horrors of war -- Ghosts, cows, and buried treasure -- Difficult last years.
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature.
Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780823423651
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Tubman, Harriet | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | Held |
C BIOGRAPHY Tubman, Harriet | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index.