Harriet Tubman : slavery and the underground railroad / by Megan McClard ; introductory essay by Henry Steele Commager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClard, Megan.

Contributor:

Schofield, Den, illustrator.

Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998, writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

History of the Civil War.

The History of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913--Juvenile literature.

Tubman, Harriet.

Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913.

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.

Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African Americans.

Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature.

Underground Railroad.

African Americans--Biography.

Women--Biography.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

133, [3] pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Englewood Cliffs, NJ] : Silver Burdett Press, [©1991].

Summary:

A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.

Contents:

History of slavery

Born into slavery

Going to work

William Lloyd Garrison

Field hand

Marriage

Frederick Douglass

The promised land

Fugitive slave law

A parting of ways

Free at last

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Reign of terror

War

Rewards.

Notes:

"Illustrations copyright © 1991 by Den Schofield."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-128) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0382099389

9780382099380

0382240472

9780382240478

OCLC:

21339780