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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Tells the story of nineteenth century abolitionist Reverend John Rankin and his brave early efforts working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, risking his safety and the safety of his family to help nearly two thousand slaves escape from Kentucky to Ohio.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teacher. Self-emancipator. Orator. Author. Man. Frederick Douglass (1818—1895) is one of the most important African American figures in US history, best known, perhaps, for his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent in slavery and his famous autobiography. Delving into his family life and travel abroad, this book captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. As a statesman,...
10) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The stories of slaves who fled the South in search of freedom are some of the most riveting in American history. The fugitives usually left at night, with little or no food or money and only the light of the North Star to guide them. Gathered here are twelve stirring stories of escape, including those of Henry "Box" Brown, Ellen and William Craft, and Harriet Tubman, along with less well known but equally compelling accounts of Mary Prince, Eliza...
13) The Amistad
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief history of the captured and enslaved Africans who mutinied to protect themselves and the legal battle that ensued in the United States over their guilt or freedom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, focusing on his childhood and youth as a slave.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Born into slavery, Douglass became an eloquent spokesperson for both black's and women's rights. During and after the Civil War, Douglass became a confidant of presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Douglass also argued for African Americans to be allowed to join the Union army in the fight for their own freedom.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery.
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