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Product Description: Explores the history of the Underground Railroad and resistance to slavery, discussing the historical background, legal efforts to prevent slaves from escaping successfully, and the lives of Harriet Tubman and other notable individuals.

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9780766070141 | Enslow Pub Inc, August 4, 2015, cover price $37.27 | About this edition: Explores the history of the Underground Railroad and resistance to slavery, discussing the historical background, legal efforts to prevent slaves from escaping successfully, and the lives of Harriet Tubman and other notable individuals.

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Product Description: In this illuminating text, the origins of the slave trade in Africa and the effects of the practice of slavery on the political and economic history of the United States are explored. King Cotton, the slave hierarchy on southern plantations, the relationship of the slaveholders and slaves, the slave codes that regulated the absolute control of slaves, the ensuing slave rebellions, and the abolitionist movement and those who spoke out against the atrocities of slavery are among the many topics examined in this comprehensive historical resource...read more
By Ciara Campbell (editor)

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9781680480368 | Britannica Educational Pub, August 1, 2015, cover price $32.90 | About this edition: In this illuminating text, the origins of the slave trade in Africa and the effects of the practice of slavery on the political and economic history of the United States are explored.

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Product Description: Profiles the abolitionist and describes his role in "Bleeding Kansas," his failed attack on Harper's Ferry, his trial, and his execution.

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9781502605344 | Cavendish Square, October 1, 2015, cover price $34.21 | About this edition: Profiles the abolitionist and describes his role in "Bleeding Kansas," his failed attack on Harper's Ferry, his trial, and his execution.

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9780780813465 | Har/psc edition (Omnigraphics Inc, July 17, 2015), cover price $60.00

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Product Description: Artist Lorenzo Pace uses his fascination with Douglasss abolitionist newspaper, The North Star, to create an age-appropriate, sensitive narrative. His nonfiction text and primary-source material, along with his artwork, tells the story of Douglass and the fight to end slavery.

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9781477792834 | Pck edition (Rosen Classroom, January 15, 2015), cover price $70.50
9781477792827 | Windmill Books, January 15, 2015, cover price $11.75 | About this edition: Artist Lorenzo Pace uses his fascination with Douglasss abolitionist newspaper, The North Star, to create an age-appropriate, sensitive narrative.

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9781477792810 | Rosen Pub Group, January 15, 2015, cover price $30.25 | About this edition: Artist Lorenzo Pace uses his fascination with Douglasss abolitionist newspaper, The North Star, to create an age-appropriate, sensitive narrative.

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Product Description: One of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011A family silently crawls along the ground. They run barefoot through unlit woods, sleep beneath bushes, take shelter in a kind stranger's home. Where are they heading? They are heading for freedom by way of the Underground Railroad...read more

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9781250056757, titled "Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom" | Reprint edition (Square Fish, January 13, 2015), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: One of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011A family silently crawls along the ground.

What was the Underground Railroad—and who traveled on it? Who was Harriet Tubman and what did she do? This gripping book tells kids all about the perilous journey to escape slavery and finally become free: how long it could take, where the fugitives hid, who helped them, how “stationmasters” sent secret messages, and other fascinating details of the legendary Underground Railroad.

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9781454907848 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, January 6, 2015, cover price $12.95

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9781454907855 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, January 6, 2015, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: What was the Underground Railroad—and who traveled on it?

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Product Description: The Underground Railroad was a path slaves traveled from the South to the North in hopes of being free. Why was it called a railroad? How did they know where to travel? Those who traveled the path had to be brave and courageous. Many slaves as well as those who helped them gain their freedom are highlighted...read more

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9780442256821, titled "Principles and Techniques of Scanning Electron Microscopy" | Van Nostrand Reinhold, June 1, 1975, cover price $29.95 | also contains Principles and Techniques of Scanning Electron Microscopy

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9781634300735 | Rourke Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The Underground Railroad was a path slaves traveled from the South to the North in hopes of being free.

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9781634300438 | Rourke Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $32.79 | About this edition: The Underground Railroad was a path slaves traveled from the South to the North in hopes of being free.

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9781464403934 | Enslow Elementary, September 1, 2014, cover price $10.53

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9780766042254 | Enslow Elementary, September 1, 2014, cover price $25.27

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Product Description: Despite being a slave, Douglass learned to read and write. At age 21, he escaped from slavery and forged a new life for himself as a free man. Intelligent and charismatic, Douglass became the leading voice against slavery in the 1800s...read more

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9780766061323 | Enslow Pub Inc, September 1, 2014, cover price $27.94 | About this edition: Despite being a slave, Douglass learned to read and write.

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9780766061330 | Enslow Pub Inc, September 1, 2014, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: Despite being a slave, Douglass learned to read and write.

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Product Description: Learn about the history of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a formidable woman whose actions and works influenced the Civil War, one of the most life-changing times in the history of the United States, and a movement that divided a nation.

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9781627128032 | Cavendish Square, August 1, 2014, cover price $42.79 | About this edition: Learn about the history of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a formidable woman whose actions and works influenced the Civil War, one of the most life-changing times in the history of the United States, and a movement that divided a nation.

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Product Description: Learn about the brave men and women who fought to end slavery. This book introduces young readers to heroes such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman. Explore the Underground Railroad, the long struggle between free states and slave states, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Thirteenth Amendment...read more

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9781477729861 | Powerkids Pr, January 1, 2014, cover price $8.25 | About this edition: Learn about the brave men and women who fought to end slavery.

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9781477728970 | Powerkids Pr, January 1, 2014, cover price $23.60 | About this edition: Learn about the brave men and women who fought to end slavery.

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Product Description: The terrible truth of slavery has been well-documented since its end following the Civil War. With the everyday reality of whippings, backbreaking labor, and constant prejudice, its no wonder many slaves tried to escape. Fortunately, a network of people and safe houses arose in the late 1770s to help these slaves reach freedom...read more

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9781482406030 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2014, cover price $8.15

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9781482406016 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2014, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: The terrible truth of slavery has been well-documented since its end following the Civil War.

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How do we know about the slaves who escaped using what is known as the Underground Railroad, and about the people that organized it? What were they escaping from, and what happened to them? This book shows how we know about the fugitives and their experiences from primary and other sources. It includes information on some historical detective work that has taken place, using documentary and archaeological evidence, that has enabled historians to piece together the fascinating story of the Underground Railroad.

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9781432996109 | Not Applicable, January 1, 2014, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: How do we know about the slaves who escaped using what is known as the Underground Railroad, and about the people that organized it?

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9781432996031 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2014, cover price $35.00

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9780448467122 | Grosset & Dunlap, December 26, 2013, cover price $5.99

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9780606321303 | Reissue edition (Turtleback Books, December 26, 2013), cover price $16.00

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Product Description: This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the events, and readers learn details from the point of view of a slave, a slave owner, and a conductor on the railroad...read more

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9781624314995 | Cherry Lake Pub, August 1, 2013, cover price $14.21 | About this edition: This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States.

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9781624314230 | Cherry Lake Pub, August 1, 2013, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States.

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Product Description: Freedom fighter and abolitionist. Terrorist and murderer. John Brown has been called many names throughout history. But who was the real John Brown? Explore Browns life leading up to Harpers Ferry. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or a villain.

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9781476534084 | Capstone Pr Inc, July 1, 2013, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Freedom fighter and abolitionist.

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9781476502441 | Fact Finders, July 1, 2013, cover price $26.65 | About this edition: Freedom fighter and abolitionist.

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Product Description: This engaging and enlightening book allows readers to discover the history of slavery in America and the long fight for freedom before and during the Civil War. Readers will gain a better understanding of abolitionists, the fight for equality, the Underground Railroad, and Reconstruction through the stunning images, captivating sidebars and facts, easy to read text, and accessibe glossary, index, and table of contents...read more

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9781480721487 | Shell Education, June 15, 2013, cover price $23.96 | About this edition: This engaging and enlightening book allows readers to discover the history of slavery in America and the long fight for freedom before and during the Civil War.

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9781433315190 | Shell Education, July 12, 2011, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: This engaging and enlightening book allows readers to discover the history of slavery in America and the long fight for freedom before and during the Civil War.

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Although he steadfastly refused to be labeled an abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln was a hero to the abolitionist cause. The emancipation of the slaves in 1863 was strategic to the president's fight against the Confederacy in the Civil War and changed the course of the nation's history.

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9780778710646 | Crabtree Pub Co, May 30, 2013, cover price $10.95

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9780778710615 | Crabtree Pub Co, March 30, 2013, cover price $31.93 | About this edition: Although he steadfastly refused to be labeled an abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln was a hero to the abolitionist cause.

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Theodore Weld was an early agitator for abolition. This book describes how Weld successfully forced the issue of slavery into the forefront of people's consciousness through speeches and activism, particularly at the university level, where he confronted education authorities who didn't wish for slavery to be debated or even discussed.

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9780778710653 | Crabtree Pub Co, January 30, 2013, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Theodore Weld was an early agitator for abolition.

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9780778710622 | Crabtree Pub Co, April 30, 2013, cover price $31.93

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