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Underground Railroad
C. Peter Ripley | Larry Gara | Brenda E. Stevenson

Underground Railroad

National Park Service Division of Publication (Feb 23, 1998)
9780912627649
| Paperback
88 pages | 150 x 213 mm | English
Dewey 973.7115
LC Classification E450 .U59 1998
LC Control No. 97052753

Subject

  • Fugitive Slaves/ United States/ History
  • Slavery
  • Slavery/ United States/ History
  • Underground Railroad

Plot

This National Park Service handbook describes the many ways that blacks took to escape slavery in the southern United States before the Civil War. It includes stories of famous African American women, such as Harriet Tubman, who served in the Union Army as a nurse, spy, and scout and Sojourner Truth who helped recruit black troops for the Union Army.

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