The Underground Railroad

by Carla Williams

Overview

Before slavery was abolished in the United States, more than 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom with help from the Underground Railroad. A secret network of safe houses, the Underground Railroad is an important part of American history. Underground Railroad workers such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass devoted their energy and even risked their own safety to help enslaved blacks escape to freedom. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781503854512
Publisher:	Child's World, Incorporated, The
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Series:	The Black American Journey
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.03(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.39(d)
Lexile:	820L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 11 Years

About the Author

Carla Williams is a writer and photographer. Although she no longer has time to take pictures, she does write a lot about photography. So far she has co-written two books on the history of photography, as well as numerous articles and essays about photography, art, and culture. In 2002 she was a Rockefeller Fellow in the Humanities at Stanford University, where she worked on a biographical writing project about Maudelle Bass, an artist's model and dancer from the 1930s through the 1950s. Uniting her love of photographs, research, and history, Carla has created a family tree website, with her older sister. Through it they have met many relatives they didn't even know existed! In her free time Carla loves to read mysteries and is thinking about creating a series of mysteries based on photographs. Her dream job is to be a ghost writer.

Table of Contents

Chapter One Slavery and Abolition 5

Chapter Two Agents, Stationmasters, and Conductors 12

Chapter Three Creative Escapes 18

Chapter Four And Freedom for All 23

Time Line 28

Glossary 30

Further Information 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3-6-Easy-to-read summaries of the topics. Slavery includes information on the history of bondage in America and the treatment of slaves through the Civil War. Civil Rights covers Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and other figures who are less well known. Underground Railroad tells the stories of some of the fugitives, including Henry "Box" Brown's train journey to Philadelphia. The books have double-column, large-print texts and generous amounts of white space. All three titles are illustrated with numerous sepia-toned photographs. Slavery and Underground also have color illustrations. Captions are informative. These volumes are suitable for schools needing additional material or succinct treatments.-Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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