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41) Passages of hope
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Series
Doors to the past volume 10
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English
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"Gracie Kingston begins renovations on the Philadelphia house inherited from her grandmother and finds a secret room. It is connected to a house nearby, the home of William Still, the man known as the father of the Underground Railroad. As she researches, she discovers a mystery in her house's ownership. In 1855, Olivia Kingston helps a mother and her young child by hiding them in a secret room in her home. As she helps, she learns that there may...
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English
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-- The Quilter's Apprentice, Alerted to the possibility that her family had ties to the slaveholding South, Sylvia scours her attic and finds three quilts and a memoir written by Gerda, the spinster sister of clan patriarch Hans Bergstrom. The memoir describes the founding of Elm Creek Manor and how, using quilts as markers, Hans, his wife, Anneke, and Gerda came to beckon fugitive slaves to safety within its walls. When a runaway named Joanna arrives...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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"Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom. Perfect for fans of I Survived! and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. Before the Civil War, there was a crack team of abolitionists who used quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people to freedom. Right? Wrong! The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own. With a...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1800s in Dunmore, a Canadian town settled by people fleeing enslavement in the American south, young Lensinda Martin works for a crusading Black journalist. One night, a neighboring farmer summons Lensinda after a slave hunter is shot dead on his land by an old woman who recently arrived via the Underground Railroad. When the old woman refuses to flee before the authorities arrive, the farmer urges Lensinda to gather testimony from her before...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Fourteen-year-old Sarah is a slave in Maryland during the 1850s. She knows her only chance at freedom is to the North, where slavery is illegal. To get there, though, Sarah needs help from members of the Underground Railroad. But who can she trust? The road to the promised land will not be easy.
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English
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Levi Coffin and his wife Catherine risked their lives helping thousands of men, women, and children escape from slavery in Kentucky and further south. This edited and abridged edition of Coffin's "Reminiscences" includes hundreds of dramatic stories told by the former slaves as they passed through his home, following the northern star to freedom.
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English
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"In the pre-Civil War South, a thirteen-year-old boy, Robert, must come to terms with his father's involvement in the Underground Railroad and his mother's antipathy toward abolitionism, as he witnesses the dehumanizing effects of slavery through his friend, a black boy named William Henry."--NoveList.
48) Midnight Rescue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
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In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby continues to harbor the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from the local prison.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
aThe year is 1861. As President Lincoln calls for 75,000 men to join the Union army, the nation teeters on the brink of The Civil War. Meanwhile, a more covert battle waged by the Underground Railroad has been raging for decades. Station master William Hanby helps runaway slaves reach freedom. The risk doubles when a bounty hunter shows up determined to make money by capturing escapees and returning them to their masters.
56) Honor
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Language
English
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When unexpected circumstances leave Honor Penworthy destitute after the death of her grandfather, she is forced to leave her Maryland plantation--and the slaves she hoped to free--and seek refuge with a distant relative. With no marketable skills, her survival hinges on a marriage arranged through the Quaker community to local glass artisan Samuel Cathwell. Samuel is drawn to Honor, but he has been unwilling to open his heart to anyone since scarlet...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
This chapter book series pairs nonfiction content with beloved American Girl BeForever characters, offering readers a unique entry point into important events in American history. Here, Addy Walker shares snippets of her fictional story of escaping slavery in this examination of the Underground Railroad.
58) Freedom
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guides the family on their journey north to Canada.
59) Drinking gourd
Author
Series
Benjamin January mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Benjamin January is called up to Vicksburg, deep in cotton-plantation country, to help a wounded 'conductor' of the Underground Railroad -- the secret network of safe-houses that guide escaping slaves to freedom. When the chief 'conductor' of the 'station' is found murdered, Jubal Cain -- the coordinator of the whole Railroad system in Mississippi -- is accused of the crime. Since Cain can't expose the nature of his involvement in the railroad, January...
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