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Washington Black : a novel / by Edugyan, Esi,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Fugitive slaves; Slavery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All we were promised : a novel / by Lattimore, Ashton,author.;
"The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly -- and dangerously -- collide in this dramatic debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a city at war with itself. Philadelphia, 1837. When nineteen-year-old Charlotte escaped from the deteriorating White Oaks plantation four years ago, she'd expected freedom to look completely different from her former life as an enslaved housemaid. Instead, she's locked away playing servant to her white-passing father, hiding their past and identities to protect themselves from slavecatchers who would destroy their new lives. Charlotte longs to break away, but outside the walls of their townhouse, the City of Brotherly Love is up in arms. Pennsylvania is a free state, yet abolitionists are struggling to establish a permanent home for the anti-slavery movement, as southern sympathizers incite violence against free Black people and white vigilantes stalk the streets. Undeterred, Charlotte sneaks out and forges an unlikely friendship with Nell, a member of one of Philadelphia's wealthiest Black families. Nell is under so much pressure from her parents to settle down and marry Alex, a close family friend, that the two pretend to get engaged, just to take the heat off. Meanwhile Nell and Charlotte grow close over their mutual commitment to abolition, so when Evie, Charlotte's enslaved friend from White Oaks, shows up in the city, they conspire to help her flee North. Charlotte and her father's freedom is threatened as she and Nell navigate the abolitionist world's racial and class politics and ever-present dangers, struggling to forge a plan to free Evie from slavery before it's too late. Inspired by the untold history of Pennsylvania Hall, one of Philadelphia's landmarks lost to violence, All We Were Promised is the story of three young Black women -- the rebel, the socialite, and the fugitive -- fighting for each other in an American city straining to live up to its loftiest ideals"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Abolitionists; Fugitive slaves; Slavery;
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North star to freedom : the story of the Underground Railroad / by Gorrell, Gena K.,1946-;
Includes bibliography (p. 159-160) and index.Details the history of the Underground Railroad from the roots of slavery through the post-Emancipation era by focusing on the lives of the participants.
Subjects: Underground railroad.; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; Abolitionists;
© c1996., Stoddart,
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A quilt for Christmas / by Dallas, Sandra.;
"It is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Confederates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter months in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war, and she finds solace and camaraderie amongst the women of her quilting group. And when she is asked to help hide an escaped slave, she must decide for herself what is right, and who can she can count on to help her."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Fugitive slaves; Grief; Quilting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Underground Railroad / by Seigel, Rachel.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Discusses the development of the Underground Railroad used by escaped slaves to travel north to freedom, and the challenges faced by these Black settlers after reaching Canada.LSC
Subjects: Underground Railroad; Underground Railroad; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves; Blacks; Blacks;
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / by Foner, Eric,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Underground railroad.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Underground Railroad : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women slaves; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Slave trade; Plantation life; Underground Railroad;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Underground Railroad [sound recording] : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.; Turpin, Bahni,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Bahni Turpin.A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Women slaves; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Slave trade; Plantation life; Underground Railroad;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / by Woo, Ilyon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.
Subjects: Biographies.; Craft, Ellen.; Craft, William.; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves; Racially mixed women; Slaves;
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Working for freedom : the story of Josiah Henson / by Arato, Rona.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [79], Internet addresses and index.A biography of Josiah Henson, the escaped slave who found freedom in Canada and helped to lead 118 slaves to safety as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.LSC
Subjects: Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves; Blacks; Clergy; Underground Railroad;
© c2008., Napoleon & Company,
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