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African American women Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography African Americans Biography Juvenile literature Slaves Slaves United States Biography Juvenile literature Tubman, Harriet 1820?-1913 Underground Railroad Underground Railroad Juvenile literature Wheatley, Phillis 1753-1784 Women BiographyMcDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Summary: A biography of the ninteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 921 TUBShepard, Ray Anthony
Summary: "An elegant, unforgiving poem narrating Ona Judge's self-emancipation from George Washington's household"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JUDGregson, Susan R.
Summary: Examines the life of Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American woman to publish a book, discussing her early life as a slave in Boston in the 1700s, the education and kind treatment she received from her owners, her experiences after being granted her freedom, and her later years.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WHEATLEY GREPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up to become one of the most successful, determined and well-known conductors of the Underground Railroad. With her family's love planted firmly in her heart, Harriet looked to the North Star for guidance--and its lighthelped guide her way out of slavery. Her courage made it possible for her to help others reach freedom too"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBAdler, David A.
Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013