Books with title Harriet Tubman: Hero of the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman was born as a slave in 19th Century America, but managed to escape and gain her freedom. Follow this amazing biography of a woman who was prepared to risk her own life to save others from the slavery she had escaped, and learn about the Underground Railroad that she used to achieve this.• Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.• Text type: A biography• Curriculum links: History; Citizenship

Sorting myth from truth in this amazing tale of courage and heroism, Anne Schraff breathes new life into the story of the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. “I grew up like a neglected weed—ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now I’ve been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is.” Harriet Tubman ran away from slavery in 1849, walking one hundred miles to freedom in the North. For the next sixteen years, Tubman risked her newfound freedom—and her life—to help about three hundred other slaves escape. During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse and a scout for the Union army, and in her later years, she joined the struggle for the education of her people and for women’s rights.

The best account of the life of Harriet Tubman, written for young readers. The author, Karla Lant, has been praised for her ability to tell a controversial story in a way the young reader will understand. Harriet Tubman was one of the most important American abolitionists, people who fought to end slavery in the U.S. She was also a humanitarian, someone who fought for human rights. She served as an armed scout and spy on behalf of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Later, she became a passionate activist for women's suffrage, or the right to vote for women. Although she was born into slavery in the American South, Harriet Tubman bravely escaped in 1849. It wasn't enough for her to win just her own freedom, though. She went back to help others escape, too. Harriet Tubman went on many secret missions to rescue enslaved families and friends from the plantation system in the South. She did this with help from other antislavery activists and safe houses. This network of people and the houses they used as safe spots were called the Underground Railroad.