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Mary Ellen SnodgrassPublication Details
BookM.E. Sharpe2008Links
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The Underground Railroad : An Encyclopedia Of People, Places, And Operations
Henry’s Freedom Box
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by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir NelsonPublication Details
Book1st edScholastic Press2007Description
Henry Brown doesn’t know how old he is. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday — his first day of freedom. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) Easy L6651f AVAILABLE
Encyclopedia Of The Underground Railroad
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J. Blaine HudsonPublication Details
BookMcFarland & Co2006Links
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Fugitive slaves were reported in the American colonies as early as the 1640s, and escapes escalated with the growth of slavery over the next two hundred years. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) E450 .H855 2006 AVAILABLE
I’ve Got A Home In Glory Land : A Lost Tale Of The Underground Railroad
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Karolyn Smardz FrostPublication Details
Book1st edFarrar, Straus and Giroux2007Links
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to the slave markets of New Orleans, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring?and successful?daylight escape from Louisville. Lost, that is, until a chance archaeological discovery in a downtown Toronto school yard brought the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn again to light. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F1059.5.T6853 B55 2007 AVAILABLE
From Midnight To Dawn : The Last Tracks Of The Underground Railroad
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Jacqueline Tobin with Hettie JonesPublication Details
Book1st edDoubleday2007Links
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For those who made it to Midnight (the code name given to Detroit), the Detroit River became a River Jordan?and Canada became their land of Canaan, the Promised Land where they could live freely in black settlements under the protection of British law. In prose rich in detail and imagery, From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Railroad, and of the people who traveled it to find new lives in Canada. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E450 .T62 2007 AVAILABLE
Night Boat To Freedom
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Margot Theis Raven ; pictures by E.B. LewisPublication Details
Book1st edFarrar, Straus and Giroux2006Description
When Granny Judith asks twelve-year-old Christmas John to row Molly, cook?s daughter, across the river from Kentucky to the Free State of Ohio, he?s terrified. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) Easy R253n AVAILABLE
Moses : When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom
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Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir NelsonPublication Details
Book1st edHyperion Books for Children2006Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) Easy W362m AVAILABLE
The Rogers Family Collection
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Publication Details
Book2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SA 1 ASK REF DESK
New York History Net
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Institute for New York State StudiesPublication Details
E-ResourceInstitute for New York State Studies1996Links
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Bound For Canaan : The Underground Railroad And The War For The Soul Of America
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Fergus M. BordewichPublication Details
Book1st edAmistad2005Description
An important book of epic scope on America’s first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change The civil war brought to a climax the country’s bitter division. Interweaving thrilling personal stories with the politics of slavery and abolition, Bound for Canaan shows how the Underground Railroad gave birth to this country’s first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for social change. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E450 .B735 2005 AVAILABLE
Passages To Freedom : The Underground Railroad In History And Memory
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edited by David W. BlightPublication Details
BookSmithsonian Books in association with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center2004Description
An eloquent publication to accompany the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. These stories of enormous risk, of black leadership and white cooperation, of many thousands of journeys to freedom, have become a part of American historical consciousness. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E450 .P27 2004 AVAILABLE
The Underground Railroad : Next Stop, Toronto!
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Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Karolyn Smardz FrostPublication Details
BookNatural Heritage Books2002Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F1059.5.T689 N46 2002 AVAILABLE
Freedom River
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Doreen Rappaport ; pictures by Bryan CollierPublication Details
Book1st edJump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children2000Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 P2414r AVAILABLE
Bound For The Promised Land : Harriet Tubman, Portrait Of An American Hero
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Kate Clifford LarsonPublication Details
Book1st edBallantine2004Links
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Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history?a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. Stripping away myths and misconceptions, Larson presents stunning new details about Tubman?s accomplishments, personal life, and influence, including her relationship with Frederick Douglass, her involvement with John Brown?s raid on Harpers Ferry, and revelations about a young woman who may have been Tubman?s daughter. Now, thanks to Larson?s breathtaking biography, we can finally appreciate Tubman as a complete human being?an American hero, yes, but also a woman who loved, suffered, and sacrificed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E444.T82 L37 2004 AVAILABLE
Fleeing For Freedom : Stories Of The Underground Railroad
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as told by Levi Coffin and William Still ; edited with an introduction by George and Willene HendrickPublication Details
BookIvan R. Dee2004Description
Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E450 .F535 2004 c.2 AVAILABLE
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