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1) Twelve Years a Slave

Author

Northup, Solomon

Series

American Classics Children's Collection

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

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The basis for the Academy Award®-winning movie!
"A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels of degradation." — Saturday ReviewBorn a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next 12 harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and...

2) Harriet Tubman

Author

Sawyer, Kem Knapp

Series

DK biography

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

128 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 21 cm.

Description

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An illustrated exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that covers her childhood, experiences as a slave, escape to freedom, work on the Underground Railroad, antislavery activism, and other topics.

3) Stitch by stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom

Author

Schofield-Morrison, Connie

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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"A talented seamstress, born enslaved in 1818, bought freedom for herself and her son."--

4) Runaway: the daring escape of Ona Judge

Author

Shepard, Ray Anthony

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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"An elegant, unforgiving poem narrating Ona Judge's self-emancipation from George Washington's household"--

5) Behind the scenes: or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House

Author

Keckley, Elizabeth

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Elizabeth Keckley's rise from slave to White House confidante details the cruel and terrible life for those in slavery, and the drive and determination of a woman who would not let others destroy her will.

6) Stolen into slavery: the true story of Solomon Northup

Author

Fradin, Judith Bloom

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

120 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Description

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The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations.

7) Before she was Harriet

Pub. Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (7 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description

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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.

8) The long walk to freedom: runaway slave narratives

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

9) To be a slave

Author

Lester, Julius

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Description

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A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.

10) Harriet Tubman: toward freedom

Author

Taylor, Whit

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

99 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm

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"Graphic biography detailing Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and her efforts with other abolitionists to rescue dozens of those still enslaved"--

11) Bound for the North Star: true stories of fugitive slaves

Author

Fradin, Dennis B

Pub. Date

c2000

Physical Desc

xvii, 206 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

12) In the shadow of Liberty: the hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five black lives

Author

Davis, Kenneth C

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country's great tragedy--that a nation "conceived in liberty" was also born in shackles.

13) Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero

Author

Larson, Kate Clifford

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history-a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines during the Civil War. And yet in the century since her death, next to nothing has been written about this extraordinary woman aside from juvenile biographies. The truth about Harriet Tubman has become lost inside a legend woven of racial and gender stereotypes. Now at last, historian...

14) Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad

Author

Martin, Michael

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

31 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Description

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The story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad told in graphic novel format.

15) Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: the remarkable story of the friendship between a first lady and a former slave

Author

Fleischner, Jennifer

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

372 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.

16) Never caught: the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge

Author

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong

Formats

Book, Large Print

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"When George and Martha Washington moved from their beloved Mount Vernon in Virginia to Philadelphia, then the seat of the nation's capital, they took nine enslaved people with them. They would serve as cooks and horsemen, as house servants and personal attendants. The North was different for the entire household, free and enslaved, white and black. There was a new climate to adjust to, and new mores as well. Slavery, in Philadelphia at least, was...