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Ringgold,
Faith
AUNT
HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY
New
York : Crown Publishers, 1992.
IL K-3
RL 4.7
ISBN
051758767X
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any of you heard of the Underground Railroad? I'm not talking about
a subway system but of the Underground Railroad of the 19th century.
It was not really a railroad at all. It was a network of safe houses
set up to help slaves escape from the South and begin a new life in Canada.
Slaves would run away from their plantations and be directed to a place
where they could sleep and have a meal. Then it was off to the next
safe house. The slaves may have been by themselves or with a small
group. They were always in fear of being caught and returned to the
South. This book tells the story of Harriet Tubman. An escaped
slave herself, she returned to the South many times to escort other slaves
to freedom. This story is told as if it were a dream. To find
out what slaves found on the Underground Railroad, read AUNT HARRIET'S
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY by Faith Ringgold. |
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SUBJECTS:
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 -- Fiction.
Underground railroad -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction. |
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