Tricia Martineau Wagner

It Happened on the Underground Railroad (eBook, ePUB)

Remarkable Events that Shaped History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous "road" to freedom. Read about Peter Still, a former slave who came to the Philadelphia Antislavery Society in search of his family, only to discover that the man sitting in front of him was his brother. Meet the individuals who may have inspired characters in the novels Uncle Tom's Cabin and Beloved. Andexperience the heart-pounding fear of a man who mailed himself north.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493015870
• Artikelnr.: 43811947

Autorenporträt

Tricia Martineau Wagner is a former elementary school teacher and a reading specialist. She was educated at Miami University and the University of Toledo, where she graduated with honors. She makes her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Mark, and their children Kelsey and Mitchell.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Selected Routes of the Underground Railroad
The Twelve-Year Mistake—1841
On a Dare—Mid 1860s
What Goes Around Comes Around—1864
In the Dark of Night—1859
Downriver—Mid 1850s
My Better Half—1846
Remember Me—1850
Mission Impossible—1851
This Side Up—1849
Seven Years in Hiding—1835
Freedom Train—1857
Read All About It!—1850
The Art of Passing—1848
The House on the Hill—1838
I Have Come Back—1841
At What Price?—1848
The Devil—1838
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothes—1846
Caught Between Black and White—1848
Baker’s Special—Mid 1840s
Where To, Sir?—1855
Reading the Stars—1847
The Eleventh Hour—1848
The Letter of the Law—1848
Not My Child—1856
Up a Tree—1854
Underground Railroad Facts and Trivia
Bibliography
Index
About the Author