Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just one person can do.
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Release date
December 30, 2002 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781101640036
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781101640036
- File size: 10920 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 650
- Text Difficulty: 2-3
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Reviews
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July 1, 2003
These short, illustrated books capture the lives of famous individuals with accessible prose. Each book spends considerable time explaining the childhood experiences of its subject and manages to give readers a sense of the individual's personality and motives. All but "Tallchief" and "Houdini" have bibliographies. Timeline. [Review covers these Who Was? titles: "Who Is Maria Tallchief?, Who Was Amelia Earhart?, Who Was Harriet Tubman?, Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?, " and "Who Was Harry Houdini?". ](Copyright 2003 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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