anti-slavery movements

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anti-slavery movements

The westward movement and abolitionism, 1815-1850

1993
A multicultural history of the United States, from 1815 to 1850, focusing on the first wave of immigration and the abolitionist and feminist movements.

Anthony Burns

the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
1997
A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.

Life and times of Frederick Douglass

his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history
1962
The classic autobiography of a runaway slave who became Abraham Lincoln's advisor and the Counsel Generalto Haiti.

Harriet Tubman

they called me Moses
1988
A picture story of Harriet Tubman's life as a slave, free woman, famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, and benefactorto the needy.

Profiles in Black and white

stories of men and women who fought against slavery
1973

The story of Harriet Tubman

conductor of the underground railroad
1991
A biography of the former slave who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad and lead over 300 slaves to freedom.

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