Underground Railroad

Author : Colson Whitehead
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345804327

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • "An American masterpiece" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. • The basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!

Author : Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770707528

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The Underground Railroad by Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost Pdf

"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of people already passionate about this neglected aspect of our own past." - Lawrence Hill, Writer The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!, a richly illustrated book, examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and "conductors." Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it also explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!" at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made Toronto their home before the Civil War. It portrays life in the city during the nineteenth century in considerable detail. This exciting new book will be of interest to readers young and old who want to learn more about this unexplored chapter in Toronto’s history.

Author : Yona Zeldis McDonough,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780698159730

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What Was the Underground Railroad? by Yona Zeldis McDonough,Who HQ Pdf

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive!

Author : Eber M. Pettit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010375418

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Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad by Eber M. Pettit Pdf

This volume contains a multitude of wonderful stories that weave together a picture of life in the South in the 1800s and the fear and courage of those that participated in helping thousands of people escape slavery. The work also includes chapters on the politics of the time, and the oft-times contradictory laws that were passed.

Author : J. Blaine Hudson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476602301

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Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad by J. Blaine Hudson Pdf

Fugitive slaves were reported in the American colonies as early as the 1640s, and escapes escalated with the growth of slavery over the next 200 years. As the number of fugitives rose, the Southern states pressed for harsher legislation to prevent escapes. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 criminalized any assistance, active or passive, to a runaway slave—yet it only encouraged the behavior it sought to prevent. Friends of the fugitive, whose previous assistance to runaways had been somewhat haphazard, increased their efforts at organization. By the onset of the Civil War in 1861, the Underground Railroad included members, defined stops, set escape routes and a code language. From the abolitionist movement to the Zionville Baptist Missionary Church, this encyclopedia focuses on the people, ideas, events and places associated with the interrelated histories of fugitive slaves, the African American struggle for equality and the American antislavery movement. Information is drawn from primary sources such as public records, document collections, slave autobiographies and antebellum newspapers.

Author : L.D. Cross
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 155277581X

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The Underground Railroad by L.D. Cross Pdf

Slavery existed throughout the western Hemisphere, but after its abolition in the British empire it persisted for decades in much of the U.S. Even in states where slavery was illegal, slaves were subject to capture and return to their owners. The only sure escape was to cross the border into Canada. The Underground Railway was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses, an organized escape route run by blacks and whites who opposed slavery and who helped black Americans find freedom in Canada. They arrived at points as far east as Nova Scotia and as far west as British Columbia, but the vast majority landed in southwestern Ontario. In this book L.D. Cross recounts the harrowing experiences of many including Harriet Tubman, a slave who escaped and later helped many others to do so and Alexander Ross a white doctor and ornithologist from London, Ontario who travelled many times to southern plantations to 'study birds' and to surreptitiously hand out information re the secret routes leading to freedom in the north.

Author : Marlene Targ Brill
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780761358381

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Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad by Marlene Targ Brill Pdf

Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a runaway slave. Is Allen brave enough? This exciting true story takes

Author : William Still
Publisher : Hansebooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337417973

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The Underground Rail Road by William Still Pdf

The Underground Rail Road is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Author : Faith Ringgold
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0780759494

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Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold Pdf

When Cassie Louise Lightfoot encounters Harriet Tubman and a mysterious train in the sky, what follows is a compelling journey in which the author masterfully integrates fantasy and historical fact (School Library Journal, starred review). Full color.

Author : Eleanor Burns,Sue Bouchard
Publisher : Quilt in a Day.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Machine quilting
ISBN : 1891776134

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Underground Railroad Sampler by Eleanor Burns,Sue Bouchard Pdf

The Underground Railroad story is one of the most dramatic chapters in America's history. It's a story about how countless slaves made their way out of bondage, risking death for freedom. This book features fifteen traditional quilt blocks believed to have had secret meanings to escaping slaves.

Author : Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770706828

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The Underground Railroad by Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost Pdf

"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of people already passionate about this neglected aspect of our own past." - Lawrence Hill, Writer The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!, a richly illustrated book, examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and "conductors." Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it also explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!" at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made Toronto their home before the Civil War. It portrays life in the city during the nineteenth century in considerable detail. This exciting new book will be of interest to readers young and old who want to learn more about this unexplored chapter in Toronto’s history.

Author : Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770704374

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The Underground Railroad by Adrienne Shadd,Afua Cooper,Karolyn Smardz Frost Pdf

"The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! stands out as an engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s. Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper and Karolyn Smardz Frost offer many helpful points of entry for readers learning for the first time about Black history in Canada. They also give surprising and detailed information to enrich the understanding of people already passionate about this neglected aspect of our own past." - Lawrence Hill, Writer The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto!, a richly illustrated book, examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and "conductors." Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it also explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show "The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!" at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made Toronto their home before the Civil War. It portrays life in the city during the nineteenth century in considerable detail. This exciting new book will be of interest to readers young and old who want to learn more about this unexplored chapter in Toronto's history.

Author : Kaavonia Hinton
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781545749456

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The Story of the Underground Railroad by Kaavonia Hinton Pdf

No one really knows when the Underground Railroad began, but we do know this network of blacks, whites, Native Americans, and others helped thousands of escapees reach free land. Find out about the secret world of conductors, agents, and stations that helped enslaved people in North America gain freedom, from the mid 1600s through the end of the Civil War.

Author : Rachel Seigel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1773086162

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The Underground Railroad by Rachel Seigel Pdf

Author : Raymond Bial
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395979150

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The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial Pdf

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