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Friends / by Whelan, Gloria.;
Subjects: Fugitive slaves;
© c1997., Thunder Bay Press,
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The underground railroad from slavery to freedom : a comprehensive history / by Siebert, Wilbur Henry,1866-1961.; Hart, Albert Bushnell,1854-1943,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-402) and index.Sources of the history of the Underground Railroad -- Origin and growth of the Underground Railroad -- The methods of the Underground Railroad -- Underground agents, station-keepers, or conductors - Study of the map of the Underground Railroad system -- Abduction of slaves from the South -- Life of the colored refugees in Canada -- Fugitive settlers in the Northern states -- Prosecutions of Underground Railroad men -- The Underground Railroad in politics -- Effect of the Underground Railroad."First published in 1898, this comprehensive history was the first-documented survey of a system that helped fugitive slaves escape from areas in the antebellum South to regions as far north as Canada. Comprising fifty years of research, the text includes interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches and a large number of other firsthand accounts" - Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Underground Railroad.; Fugitive slaves;
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The underground railroad : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-;
Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North.Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves;
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January's sparrow / by Polacco, Patricia.;
After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
Subjects: Underground Railroad; Underground Railroad; Slavery; Fugitive slaves; Freedom; Family life; African Americans;
© c2009., Philomel Books,
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Finn : [electronic resource] : A novel. by Clinch, Jon.;
In this masterful debut by a major new voice in fiction, Jon Clinch takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature's most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finn's father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twain's classic novel but takes on a fully realized life of its own. Finn sets a tragic figure loose in a landscape at once familiar and mythic. It begins and ends with a lifeless body--flayed and stripped of all identifying marks--drifting down the Mississippi. The circumstances of the murder, and the secret of the victim's identity, shape Finn's story as they will shape his life and his death. Along the way Clinch introduces a cast of unforgettable characters: Finn's terrifying father, known only as the Judge; his sickly, sycophantic brother, Will; blind Bliss, a secretive moonshiner; the strong and quick-witted Mary, a stolen slave who becomes Finn's mistress; and of course young Huck himself. In daring to re-create Huck for a new generation, Clinch gives us a living boy in all his human complexity–not an icon, not a myth, but a real child facing vast possibilities in a world alternately dangerous and bright.Finn is a novel about race; about paternity in its many guises; about the shame of a nation recapitulated by the shame of one absolutely unforgettable family. Above all, Finn reaches back into the darkest waters of America’s past to fashion something compelling, fearless, and new.-- provided by Amazon.com.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Runaway children; Fugitive slaves ; Male friendship; Race relations ; Boys ; Fiction.; Literature.;
© 2007.,
On-line resources: http://kirtland.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=7AEEC771-8913-4FAE-AB3A-84ECFB578B46 -- http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=;
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James : a novel / by Everett, Percival,author.authttps://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgHdxf4bjr9PfwPyxpMfq; Based on (work):Twain, Mark,1835-1910.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.;
"From Percival Everett--a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards--comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "cult literary icon" (Oprah Daily), and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime, James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first century American literature"--
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fugitive slaves; Race relations; Male friendship; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); Runaway children;
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Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America / by Bordewich, Fergus M.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-519).Beginnings: 1800 to 1830 -- Connections: The 1830s -- Confrontation: The 1840s -- Victory: The 1850s.
Subjects: Underground railroad.; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists;
© c2005., Amistad,
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Harriet Tubman : a life in American history / by Walters, Kerry S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.Harriet Tubman: A Life in American History is an indispensable resource for high school and college students abou the life and times of anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, who exemplifies how slaves took the initiative to free themselves and others. Harriet Tubman served a pivotal role in leading slaves to freedom in the decade before the Civil War. This biography offers a demythologized chronicle of her life and work with information about her life as a slave, role as conductor on the Underground Railroad, work as a military scout during the Civil War, and postwar activism for blacks and women. The book provides valuable context that situates Harriet Tubman against the backdrop of the slavery debate in antebellum America, and the hardships endured by ex-slaves in postbellum America. As such, the timeframe covers nearly a full century, from the first quarter of the 19th to the first quarter of the 20th. In addition to ten biographical chapters and a short timeline, Harriet Tubman includes an appendix of primary documents about Tubman's life and work, a bibliography, and a number of sidebars and short commentaries embedded in the text, inviting readers to explore connections between Tubman's life and political, intellectual, and social culture. Provides readers with a comprehensive but readable account of Tubman's life. Provides readers with an overview of American abolitionism and the Underground Railroad. Explores the pivotal role of religious faith in Tubman's activism. Suggests several comparisons between Tubman's activism and current struggles for social justice. --
Subjects: Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.; Slaves; African American women abolitionists; Underground Railroad.; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists;
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Gateway to Freedom : The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad / by Foner, Eric,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-275) and index.Rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad : the New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system : the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor : the underground railroad in the 1850s -- The record of fugitives : an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad.Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner relates the dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.
Subjects: Underground Railroad.; Fugitive slaves; Antislavery movements;
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / by Twain, Mark,1835-1910.;
"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of a turbulent, yet hopeful epoch in American history, defining the experience of a nation in voices often satirical, but always authentic"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-345).
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character); Runaway children; Male friendship; Fugitive slaves; Race relations; Boys;
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