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The Underground Railroad : a novel
by Colson Whitehead
After Cora, a slave in pre-Civil War Georgia, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South
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The water dancer : a novel
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A Virginia slave narrowly escapes a drowning death through the intervention of a mysterious force that compels his escape and personal underground war against slavery. By the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me. (historical fiction). (This book was listed in a previous issue of Forecast.) Tour.
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Glory over everything : beyond the Kitchen house
by Kathleen Grissom
A rerelease of a grassroots best-seller by the author of The Kitchen House continues the experiences of Jamie, who in 1830 after escaping slavery passes himself off as a wealthy white silversmith, only to risk everything to save a beloved servant who has been captured and sold in the South.
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The runaway quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
The fourth novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series asks and answers an important historical question: did the "stationmasters" of the underground railroad use quilts a method of signalling fugitive slaves, as Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad. 40,000 first printing.
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The mapmaker's children : a novel
by Sarah McCoy
The daughter of abolitionist John Brown uses her artistic talents to create and hide secret maps for the Underground Railroad, one of which is discovered years later by a modern woman who is inspired to redefine her beliefs about courage and family.
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The last runaway
by Tracy Chevalier
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom. By the best-selling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad
by Eric Foner
Traces the workings of the underground railroad in slave-dependent New York by three lesser-known heroes who coordinated with black dockworkers and counterparts in other states to help thousands of fugitive slaves between 1830 and 1860. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fiery Trail.
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Fleeing for freedom : stories of the Underground Railroad
by Levi Coffin
The authors of The Creole Mutiny introduce a collection of firsthand chronicles of the experiences of fugitive slaves traveling to freedom in the North and Canada along the Underground Railroad in the years prior to the Civil War. Simultaneous.
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I've got a home in glory land : a lost tale of the underground railroad
by Karolyn Smardz Frost
Traces the heroic story of former slaves Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, who launched a daring and successful daylight escape from their slave masters in 1831, became the subjects of a first serious legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad, sparked the Blackburn Riot of 1833, and worked with prominent abolitionists to provide shelter for runaways.
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Forbidden fruit : love stories from the Underground Railroad by Betty DeRamusA collection of true love stories from the American slavery period relates the experiences of slave, free, and black-and-white couples who risked their lives in order to be together, from a Georgia couple who fled bounty hunters for England to a Missouri slave who escaped to Canada to be with his white Mormon love.
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She came to slay : the life and times of Harriet Tubman
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
"Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. As a leading abolitionist, her bravery and selflessness has inspired generations in the continuing struggle for civil rights. Now, National Book Award nomineeErica Armstrong Dunbar presents a fresh take on this American icon blending traditional biography, illustrations, photos, and engaging sidebars that illuminate the life of Tubman as never before. Not only did Tubman help liberate hundreds of slaves, she was the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War, worked as a spy for the Union Army, was a fierce suffragist, and was an advocate for the aged. She Came to Slay reveals the many complexities and varied accomplishments of one of our nation's true heroes and offers an accessible and modern interpretation of Tubman's life that is both informative and engaging."
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From Midnight to Dawn : the last tracks of the underground railroad by Jacqueline TobinA compelling history of the Underground Railroad brings together a series of portraits of the men and women who established the escape organization for runaway slaves, as well as the people who traveled it to find new lives in Canada, following the dangerous journeys of fugitive former slaves to Detroit and on to safety at African-American settlements north of the border.
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