Which way to freedom?
Subtitle: and other questions about the Underground Railroad
By: by Mary Kay Carson
Series: Good question!; Good question!
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9781454907848; 9781454907855
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; Underground Railroad; Juvenile literature; Antislavery movements; History
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Why was there slavery in the United States?; title: Did enslaved people try to escape; title: What was the Underground Railroad?; title: Who worked on the Underground Railroad, and why?; title: Who was the father of the Underground Railroad?; title: What was a conductor?; title: What were stations and who were stationmasters?; title: Did stationmasters send secret messages?; title: Which way to freedom?; title: Were runaways safe in the North?; title: What was travel like on the journey to freedom?; title: Who was Henry "Box" Brown?; title: Who was Harriet Tubman?; title: Did Underground Railroad workers get in trouble?; title: What was life like with freedom?; title: What started the Civil War?; title: When did the Underground Railroad stop running?; title: Does slavery still exist?; title: Underground Railroad Timeline.