They Shall Run

By Quraysh Ali Lansana

Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), Underground railroad, African Americans, African American women, Fugitive slaves, American poetry, Underground Railroad, Antislavery movements, Poetry

Description: The spirit and voice of Harriet Tubman is captured in this verse. The poems traces the journeys of Tubman and her fugitives through the backwoods of America while taking a look at the cruelty of slavery.