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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.0496073
EAN: 9780590451567
ISBN: 0590451561
Label: Scholastic Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: February 01, 1993
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Scholastic Paperbacks
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In a question-and-answer format, the reader is introduced to what the underground railroad was and how it was used between 1830 and 1860 to help slaves in America escape to the North.
Average Rating: 
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Four million slaves in America in the year 1860? Is that possible? Unfortunately yes. Learn about this despairing time in American history. From the code words used to make the Underground Railroad a success, where a runaway would go for help, how long would a slave have to travel to freedom, what dangers did the slaves and conductors encounter?
The depth of organization, commitment, and traveling on the Underground Railroad were enormous. Come along for this expansive journey through ... Read More
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I love this book. It is a wonderful way to tell little children what it was being a slave. Thanks--the pictures are really nice and the book is in excellent condition--keep up the good work
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With a fast-paced narrative and a emphatic tone, this book helps children to see slavery from the perspective of those who experienced it most brutally. For better for for worse it softens the horror considerably, making slavery awful, but hardly the abomination that it was. I suppose for little ones it might be better that way. The illustrations are merely adequate and the text has a fairly casual tone. At times the grammar seems almost childlike. Maybe the language is meant to help draw young ... Read More
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The book cites a different time.... a different place... what if you were there?
Before the popular fads we see on the net such as the mullet man time traveler, ytmnd war on ebaum, Riding Spinners, or even before a boxer had his bike stolen, this book tells the tale of the struggling era of America... The underground railroad. Was it really an underground railroad?
The book has nice coloured pictures for kids to easily visualize and the narration is great.
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Cuando yo estaba leendo este libro estaba triste porque
tratan muy mal a los esclavos. A mi nunca me gustria ser
un esclavo porque en el libro dice que si tratas de escaparte
te van a cortar tus dos pies.
El mensaje que yo les etoy dando es que yo no quiero ir
donde estan los esclavos porque pueden usarme para un esclavo.
Eso es porque si yo y mis amigos tratamos de escaparnos nos
van a cortar los pies y eso no quiero que me pase.
Las buenas ... Read More
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