Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad
- ISBN-10
- 0382099389
- ISBN-13
- 9780382099380
- Series
- Harriet Tubman
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 133
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press
- Author
- Megan McClard
Description
A biography of the courageous woman who rose from slave beginnings to become a heroic figure in the Underground Railroad.
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