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Harriet Tubman was a wily slave. Having narrowly escaped murder as a teenager when a slave overseer smacked her in the head with an iron weight, she fled from slavery by following the North Star to freedom. She helped more than three hundred slaves run away through the Underground Railroad, and was amazingly never caught. During the Civil War she acted as a spy and earned money by selling pies and root beer to the soldiers. This book is part of the History Making Biography Series, which uses documentary photographs, colorful cartoons, and interesting facts to make history come alive. It includes a timeline and a list of websites for further exploration on this great American. The series enriches the minds of young historians.
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History Maker Bios: Harriet Tubman, Tim Parlin, Maryann N. Weidt
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- Année de publication
- 2010
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- Titre
- History Maker Bios: Harriet Tubman
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Tim Parlin, Maryann N. Weidt
- Éditeur
- Barnes & Noble Books
- Publié
- 2010
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 47
- ISBN10
- 0760736030
- ISBN13
- 9780760736036
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Biographies
- Description
- Harriet Tubman was a wily slave. Having narrowly escaped murder as a teenager when a slave overseer smacked her in the head with an iron weight, she fled from slavery by following the North Star to freedom. She helped more than three hundred slaves run away through the Underground Railroad, and was amazingly never caught. During the Civil War she acted as a spy and earned money by selling pies and root beer to the soldiers. This book is part of the History Making Biography Series, which uses documentary photographs, colorful cartoons, and interesting facts to make history come alive. It includes a timeline and a list of websites for further exploration on this great American. The series enriches the minds of young historians.