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Many Thousand Gone Many Thousand Gone Virginia Hamilton Summary, Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways. OL11278400W
The House of Dies Drear The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. OL11278406W
Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, the reputed president of the underground railroad Levi Coffin Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was a Quaker who, with his wife Catharine, sheltered over a hundred escaping slaves per year while living in Fountain City (then Newport) in Wayne County, IN from 1826 to 1847… OL12524213W
Dear Austin Dear Austin Elvira Woodruff Dear Austin is a book about Eleven year old Levi and his friends Jupiter and Possum, in Pennsylvania. Throuout the book Levi is writing letters to his older brother Austin. Levi lives with Miss Amel… OL138040W
The black bonnet The black bonnet Louella Bryant As they near the end of their journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad, twelve-year-old Charity and her sixteen-year-old sister Bea encounter additional perils. OL14847769W
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Kem Knapp Sawyer An illustrated exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that covers her childhood, experiences as a slave, escape to freedom, work on the Underground Railroad, antislavery activism, and other topics. OL15612610W
Bound for the North Star Bound for the North Star Dennis B. Fradin Twelve accounts of slaves who escaped the South hoping for freedom and a new life. OL16062506W
President of the Underground Railroad President of the Underground Railroad Gwenyth Swain A biography of a Quaker man from North Carolina whose fearless work on the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio helped thousands of men and women escape the cruelty of slavery. OL1804874W
The other side of free The other side of free Krista Russell In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of P… OL18174973W
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Janet Benge A narrative biography of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and led others to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. OL1881829W
Chasing freedom Chasing freedom Nikki Grimes In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's ri… OL19995948W
Midnight rescue Midnight rescue Lois Walfrid Johnson In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby continues to harbor the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from t… OL2347766W
The life of Harriet Tubman The life of Harriet Tubman Emma Lynch One of a series of biographies of famous figures aimed at young readers aged 5-7. OL27061533W
Beyond the River Beyond the River Ann Hagedorn "The decades preceding the Civil War were rife with fierce sectarian violence along the borders between slave and free states. The Ohio River was one such border. Here in the river towns of Ohio and … OL2753384W
Bound for Canaan Bound for Canaan Fergus M. Bordewich With a historian's grasp of events and a novelist's ear for story, Fergus M. Bordewich has written a grand epic of American history — focusing on the sixty years leading up to the Civil War, which br… OL2933512W
Young Indiana Jones and the plantation treasure Young Indiana Jones and the plantation treasure William McCay In the spring of 1913, fourteen-year-old Indiana Jones traces the route of the Underground Railroad to help a young woman find her family fortune lost before the Civil War. OL2994390W
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Nancy J. Nielsen A biography of the African American woman best known for her work with the Underground Railroad, describing her childhood as a slave, her escape to the North, her assistance to the Union cause during… OL3339631W
Christmas John and the night boat Christmas John and the night boat Margot Theis Raven At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s. OL3743127W
Reminiscences of Levi Coffin Reminiscences of Levi Coffin Levi Coffin Levi Coffin (1798-1877) was a Quaker who, with his wife Catharine, sheltered over a hundred escaping slaves per year while living in Fountain City (then Newport) in Wayne County, IN from 1826 to 1847… OL3991457W
The runaway quilt The runaway quilt Jennifer Chiaverini In Book 4 of the Elm Creek Quilts series, Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' courageous involvement in the Underground Railroad. Alerted to the possibility that her family had ti… OL489003W
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