The Last Safe House A Story Of The Underground Railroad
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The Last Safe House A Story Of The Underground Railroad
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Author : Barbara Greenwood
language : en
Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Scholastic
Release Date : 1998
The Last Safe House A Story Of The Underground Railroad written by Barbara Greenwood and has been published by New York ; Toronto : Scholastic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Stories, information and activities bring history to life in this moving portrayal of slavery and friendship, cruelty and kindness, prejudice and courage.
Last Safe House
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Author : Barbara Greenwood
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 1998
Last Safe House written by Barbara Greenwood and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
In a unique mix of fact and fiction, this is the dramatic story of the Underground Railroad as seen through the eyes of two young girls--Eliza, a runaway slave, and Johanna, whose family gives her refuge. Kids will learn about life on a cotton plantation and about abolitionists who fought to have slavery made illegal. Activities include making a tin can lantern and locating the North Star, which guided many slaves to freedom. Beautifully detailed drawings accompany each story to make this a comprehensive, all-in-one resource.
Passengers
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Author : William Still
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-10-01
Passengers written by William Still and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-01 with Social Science categories.
Discover a powerful collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad. A secret network of safe houses, committees and guides that stretched well below the Mason-Dixon Line into the brutal slave states of the American South, the Underground Railroad remains one of the most impressive and well-organised resistance movements in modern history. It facilitated the escape of over 30,000 slave 'passengers' through America and into Canada during its peak years of 1850-60, and, in total, an estimated 100,000 slaves found their freedom through the network. Abridged from William Still's The Underground Railroad Records - an epic historical document that chronicles the first-hand stories of American slaves who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad - Passengers tells of the secret methods, risks and covert sacrifices that were made to liberate so many from slavery. From tales of men murdered in cold blood for their part in helping assist runaways and terrifyingly tense descriptions of stowaways and dramatic escape plans, to stories of families reunited and the moments of absurdity that the Underground Railroad forced its 'passengers' to sometimes endure, Still's narratives testify to the humanity of this vast enterprise. WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM TA-NEHISI COATES, AUTHOR OF THE WATER DANCER ABRIDGED FROM WILLIAM STILL'S THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RECORDS
The Underground Railroad
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Author : Colson Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-10-06
The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-06 with Fiction categories.
NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES BY BARRY JENKINS (COMING MAY 2021) WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2016 'Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime' Guardian 'Luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer 'Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I've read this year' Stylist 'Dazzling' New York Review of Books Praised by Barack Obama and an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they take the perilous decision to escape to the North. In Whitehead's razor-sharp imagining of the antebellum South, the Underground Railroad has assumed a physical form: a dilapidated box car pulled along subterranean tracks by a steam locomotive, picking up fugitives wherever it can. Cora and Caesar's first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But its placid surface masks an infernal scheme designed for its unknowing black inhabitants. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher sent to find Cora, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom. At each stop on her journey, Cora encounters a different world. As Whitehead brilliantly recreates the unique terrors for black people in the pre-Civil War era, his narrative seamlessly weaves the saga of America, from the brutal importation of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is at once the story of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shatteringly powerful meditation on history.
An American Family Of The Underground Railroad
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Author : Peter H. Michael
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2005-06
An American Family Of The Underground Railroad written by Peter H. Michael and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06 with Fugitive slaves categories.
The Underground Railroad was a 280-year American phenomenon which served as the boldest and most active foil to slavery. Because the Underground Railroad was clandestine, its safe-house operators and conductors black and white alike who ushered people to freedom had to keep their roles hidden. If caught rendering aid to freedom seekers, they could be and were arrested, convicted of interfering with "property rights," and sentenced. All who rendered aid risked all they had to do so, and some lost all they had for doing so. Because those who rendered aid could still be prosecuted long after the Civil War and the Underground Railroad ended, most took their noble secrets to the grave. One who didn't was the author's great-grandfather Marion Michael who could not be prosecuted because he was a minor when he rendered aid. Marion Michael told of his family's work on the Underground Railroad, and his descendants keep this family history quite alive today. An American Family of the Underground Railroad is told by the actual safe-house operators' descendant who owns the very farm where his ancestors sheltered freedom seekers. Cooling Springs Farm might be the sole remaining Underground Railroad safe-house in the nation still owned by the same family that used it in Underground Railroad times. An American Family of the Underground Railroad provides to general reader and scholar alike a wealth of detail about more than fifty Underground Railroad sites in a single county with a map of the sites, and identifies several safe-house operators and a key Underground Railroad conductor there. With a bibliography of over 200 sources, this book might be the most thoroughly documented work on any single safe-house. An American Family of the Underground Railroad helps reawaken the nation to its defining heritage of the Underground Railroad.
Black Enterprise
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-02
Black Enterprise written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02 with categories.
BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance.
The Underground Railroad
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Author : Raymond Bial
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1995
The Underground Railroad written by Raymond Bial and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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The Underground Railroad
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Author : Adrienne Shadd
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2022-02-01
The Underground Railroad written by Adrienne Shadd and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
Stories of the hopeful, brave people who fled slavery and made Toronto their home. “An engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s.” — Lawrence Hill, bestselling author of The Illegal The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! explores Toronto’s role as a destination for thousands of freedom seekers before the American Civil War. This new edition traces pathways taken by people, enslaved and free, who courageously made the trip north in search of liberty and offers new biographies, images, and information, some of which is augmented by a 2015 archaeological dig in downtown Toronto. Within its pages are stories of courageous men, women, and children who overcame barriers of prejudice and racism to create homes, institutions, and a rich and vibrant community life in Canada’s largest city. These brave individuals established organizations not only to help newcomers but also to oppose the ongoing slavery in the United States and to resist racism in their adopted city. Based entirely on original research, The Underground Railroad offers fresh insights into the rich heritage of African Americans who became African Canadians and helped build Toronto as we know the city today.
Escape To Freedom The Underground Railroad
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Author : Barbara Brooks Simons
language : en
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
Release Date : 2011
Escape To Freedom The Underground Railroad written by Barbara Brooks Simons and has been published by Benchmark Education Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Social Science categories.
Find out about the secret language of the Underground Railroad and the routes that helped slaves escape to freedom.
The Underground Railroad
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Author : Adrienne Lynn Shadd
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2005-11-28
The Underground Railroad written by Adrienne Lynn Shadd and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-28 with History categories.
An account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800's.