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Author
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.
Author
Series
Elm Creek quilts volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad, it raises the historical issue of the use of quilts as a method of signalling fugitive slaves.
Author
Series
Forever freedom volume 1
Publisher
Whitaker House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As tensions between North and South simmer over slavery, Sheriff Clay Dalton's path collides with a plainspoken yet passionate young abolitionist named Rebecca Albright, and the two find themselves propelled on a journey to discover just who God has called them to be, soon realizing that each holds a key to the other's answer. --Publisher
12) Race for freedom
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
A shadowy figure lurks on the dark riverfront near the 'Christina.' Libby Norstad is sure that it must be the cruel slave trader Riggs, who had vowed that no slave of his will ever escape alive. Does Riggs suspect that the runaway Jordan Parker is hiding on her pa's steamboat?
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Sarah's friend Ella says she has found an old quilt in her basement that proves that her house was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When Ella disappears Sarah must unravel the history of the quilt to learn what happened.
Publisher
Barbour Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Love Guides Hearts Along the Road to Freedom. Nine historical couples walk the road to love even as they dare to escape and help others break free from the injustices of slavery between 1849 and 1860. From Southern states of Georgia and South Carolina to above the Mason-Dixon Line in Indiana and Pennsylvania, they work within the network known as the Underground Railroad. There is hope for the future when people come together to fight evil, and when...
16) Midnight rescue
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Freedom seekers volume 6
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While steaming north with her father on the "Christina," Libby tries to help a fellow passenger recover his treasured violin.
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