Frank Carlson Library

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad.

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.

Describes the Underground Railroad and the historical events surrounding it and presents the stories of some of its conductors.

A simple introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman.

Traces the life of the woman who, once a slave herself, came to be called Moses by the slaves she led North to freedom out of the pre-Civil War South.

A brief biography of the woman who escaped life as a slave and then rescued hundreds of other slaves as a conductor in the underground railroad.

A biography of the nineteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad. Biograf�ia de la esclava que escap�o la esclavitud y arriesg�o su vida para ayudar a otros esclavos a huir hacia la libertad.

A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.

"Readers will learn about the beginning of the Underground Railroad and the many routes slaves traveled"--

As he did in his highly acclaimed George Washington, Spymaster, author Thomas B. Allen digs back through historical records to present a famous historical figure in a new light. Readers discover that Harriet Tubman--well-known to them as an ex-slave who led hundreds of her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad--was also a spy for the Union Army. More specifically she worked behind Confederate lines in South Carolina getting information...