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Escape slavery, brave journeys, and fight for freedom on the Underground Railroad.
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
26 December 2013
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Summary
All aboard the Underground Railroad! This book describes a clandestine network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states and Canada. The “passengers” were slaves escaping to freedom in the North.
No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from—there were no trains or tracks, only “conductors” who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about “passengers” on the “Railroad,” this book chronicles slaves’ clos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780448467122 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0448467127 |
| Author: | Yona Zeldis McDonough, Lauren Mortimer, Who HQ |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | G P Putnam's Sons |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 26 December 2013 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 7mm x 135mm x 194mm |
| Series: | What Was? |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
135 × 194 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of Who Was Harriet Tubman? and Who Was Rosa Parks?
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