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Memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the American Civil War. He provided details of slave markets in Washington, DC, as well as describing at length cotton cultivation on major plantations in Louisiana.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Harriet Tubman was born a plantation slave in 1820, her parents hoped she could learn a trade and be spared from working in the fields. But because she defended a slave against an overseer, she became a field hand anyway. As she learned to survive in the woods and find her way by the North Star, she dreamed of freedom. When she was almost 30, she finally made her escape-but securing her own freedom wasn't enough. Risking life and limb, she became...
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English
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A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade—abducted from Africa on the last "Black Cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile,
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
viii, 40 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and military career of Robert Smalls, a Southern slave who coordinated the theft of a Confederate gunship, went on to be promoted to the rank of captain in the Federal Navy, and appealed to President Lincoln to enlist five thousand former slaves into the Union army, breaking the U.S. Armed Forces color barrier.
7) Freedom by any means: con games, voodoo schemes, true love, and lawsuits on the Underground Railroad
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of Harriet Tubman in graphic novel format, focusing on her work to help slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
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Language
English
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A remarkable account of early slavery and later freedom, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" is the 1789 autobiography of former slave Olaudah Equiano. His life is a tale of terror, as well as an exciting adventure. He tells of his abduction from Africa at the age of ten, and his subsequent years of labor on slave ships. During and after this time, he fervently attempts to gain independence: he studies the Bible and carefully...
10) To be a slave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
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Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Maria Weems was just a teenager when she was given the opportunity to escape her enslaver in the mid-1800s. The journey would be dangerous, but she would have the help of abolitionists along the way. One of those supporters had a novel idea--Anna Maria would escape to freedom disguised as a boy. Learn about her brave journey on the Underground Railroad in this inspiring graphic novel"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and of her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her times, presenting...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116"--
15) Harriet Tubman
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief, illustrated biography of Harriet Tubman, describing how she traveled back and forth from the South to the North and back again to rescue and help free slaves.
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Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st Aladdin ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains a brief, narrative biography of Harriet Tubman, in simple text with illustrations, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her efforts during the Civil War to free other slaves through the establishment of the Underground Railroad.
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Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. Profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away."--NoveList.
"When George and Martha Washington moved from their beloved Mount Vernon in Virginia to Philadelphia, then the seat of the nation's capital, they took nine enslaved people with them. They would serve as cooks and horsemen,...
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English
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A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Betty DeRamus is an award-winning journalist who rummaged through musty records and forgotten memoirs to resurrect this book's unsung heroes. Despite the risks, some American slaves partook of the "forbidden fruit" of marriage. And when the dreaded separation inevitably occurred, slave spouses grieved deeply and sometimes made Herculean efforts to re-unite. DeRamus recounts the tales of soulmates who braved bloodhounds,...
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