The Underground Railroad
By: Natalie Hyde
Series: Uncovering the past : analyzing primary sources; Uncovering the past (Crabtree Publishing Company)
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780778715511; 9780778715559
Subjects: Sources; Fugitive slaves; Juvenile literature; Underground Railroad
Description: "In the 1800s, the Underground Railroad was a system of secret routes and safe places to hide for Black slaves trying to escape to freedom. This powerful book examines historical evidence, such as slave auction posters, engravings, photographs, and first-person interviews, that either supported slavery or called for its abolition."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.

Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 1 1 173425
Table of contents: title: The past comes alive; title: Historical sources : types of evidence; title: Analyzing evidence : interpretation; title: The story uncovered : Underground Railroad; title: Different views : evidence revisited; title: Modern examples : history repeated; title: Timeline.