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The Underground Railroad Cover Image Book Book

The Underground Railroad

Messner, Kate (author.). Hooks, Gwendolyn, (author.). Smith, Damon, (illustrator.).

Summary: Before the Civil War, most people escaping enslavement found help from white Quakers who signaled them with quilts and lanterns. Right? Wrong! Most freedom seekers who had help got it from other Black people. Secret codes and messages weren't as common as you might think. The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't a well-organized unit. It was a bunch of different people - shopkeepers, free Black sailors, and, yes, some Quaker abolitionists - doing what they could to help. It was dangerous work. Learn the whole truth about the Underground Railroad in the nonfiction series that smashes everything you thought you knew about history.

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  • ISBN: 0593428943
  • ISBN: 9780593428948
  • ISBN: 0593428935
  • ISBN: 9780593428931
  • Physical Description: 199 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-191) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: How slavery came to America -- Ocean crossing -- Resistance and revolts -- Liberty for some -- Freedom's fire -- Heroes and helpers -- Stories of escape -- An unjust law -- Daring and defiance -- Slavery ends ... but its legacy lives on -- A timeline of slavery and the Underground Railroad.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12 Random House Children's Books.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.

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Genre: Illustrated works.
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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library JUV 973.7115 MESSNER (Text) 50686016172640 Juv Nonfiction Available -
Taylor Community Library JUV 973.7115 MESSNER (Text) 50692010993668 Juv Nonfiction Available -
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