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Get on board : the story of the Underground Railroad /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Scholastic, 1993Copyright date: �1993Description: 152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm; pages : illustrations ; cmISBN:
  • 0590454188
  • 9780590454186
  • 0590454196
  • 9780590454193
Other title:
  • Story of the Underground Railroad
  • Underground Railroad
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.7/115 20
LOC classification:
  • E450 .H315 1993
Contents:
How the Underground Railroad got its name -- Long history of slave escapes, and of fugitive slave laws -- Tracks and stations -- Stationmasters -- Conductors -- Harriet Tubman, the woman called Moses -- Railroad songs -- Train robbers -- Passengers -- John Brown, fugitive slave -- Publicists -- End of the line -- Time line -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 326 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000154412

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.

How the Underground Railroad got its name -- Long history of slave escapes, and of fugitive slave laws -- Tracks and stations -- Stationmasters -- Conductors -- Harriet Tubman, the woman called Moses -- Railroad songs -- Train robbers -- Passengers -- John Brown, fugitive slave -- Publicists -- End of the line -- Time line -- Bibliography -- Index.

Discusses the Underground Railroad, the secret, loosely organized network of people and places that helped many slaves escape north to freedom.

Interest age level : Ages 8-12.

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