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The Underground Railroad
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Random House, [2022]
Physical Description
199 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Audience
Ages 8-12 Random House Children's Books.
Series
Summary
"Through a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book debunks myths about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom"--
Contents
- 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.
Subjects
- Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature.
- Slavery > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Social conditions > History > Juvenile literature.
- Underground Railroad.
- African Americans > History.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.