Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Newbery Award winner, based on a true story! Captured by slave traders when only fifteen, At-mun never forgot his roots as a prince. Nor did he ever lose his princely dignity and the courage to hold his head high. Sold at auction in America and haunted by the memory of his young sister left behind in Africa, At-mun, now Amos, began his long march to freedom. He dreamed of being free and of buying the freedom of his closest friends. By the time...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the fugitive slave turned "conductor" on the Underground Railroad describes Tubman's youth in the South, her escape to Philadelphia, her efforts to liberate slaves, and her work for the Union Army.
Publisher
distributed by Goldhil Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A study guide for Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the life of a slave girl-- an attempt to expose the horrors of slavery and the necessity of its abolition. Includes chapter summaries; in-depth analyses; pop quizzes.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
99 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Graphic biography detailing Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and her efforts with other abolitionists to rescue dozens of those still enslaved"--
11) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Weekly Reader Early Learning Library
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
13) Harriet Tubman
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Harriet Tubman.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
17) Freedom river
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A historical portrait set against the backdrop of the antebellum South and the Civil War explores the remarkable friendship between First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker and confidante, Elizabeth Keckly, a former slave.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next - as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope - and help - came in the from of the Underground...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Salina Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request