The Underground Railroad for kids
Subtitle: from slavery to freedom with 21 activities
By: Mary Kay Carson.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Underground railroad -- Juvenile literature; Underground railroad -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs -- Juvenile literature; Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-160) and index.
Table of contents: title: A narrow escape and a secret network; title: Passengers : fleeing a life of bondage; title: Print adinkra cloth; title: Homemade hoecakes; title: Story-telling griots; title: Rubber band banjo; title: Ticket agents and railroad operators : fighting for abolition and aiding runaways; title: Silver Seminole gorgets; title: Create an antislavery handbill; title: Write and decode underground railroad messages; title: Singing to freedom; title: Conductors : transporting illegal cargo; title: Candle in a cup; title: Pack up and go; title: Visit an underground railroad station; title: Navigate by the North Star; title: Follow the drinking gourd; title: Stationmasters : hiding passengers from slave catchers; title: Get lost in disguise; title: Design a hiding place; title: Shake on it; title: Make a paper quilt block; title: Light a lantern; title: Brakemen : making a life in freedom; title: Canada today; title: End of the line : war, emancipation, and equality; title: War in your state; title: Wartime wrappings; title: Celebrate Juneteenth.