Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom - Tapa blanda

Rappaport, Doreen

 
9780064461696: Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom
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ISBN 10: 0064461696 ISBN 13: 9780064461696
Editorial: HarperCollins, 1998

Sinopsis

Freedom!

Eliza and her baby, running across the ice. Selena and Cornelia Jackson, masquerading as boys. Henry Box Brown, shipping himself north in a wooden crate. Jane Johnson, risking everything to testify against her former owner in court. Ellen Craft, posing as her husband's owner.

Escaping from slavery against overwhelming odds, these people were helped by courage, ingenuity, and the informal network known as the Underground Railroad. Here are their gripping stories, told by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Charles Lilly, and accompanied by information about slave laws of the era, key Underground Railroad leaders, and a bibliography.

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Acerca de los autores

Doreen Rappaport is well known for her groundbreaking approach to multicultural history and literature for young readers. Her many books include Victory or Death: Stories of the American Revolution; We Are The Many: A Picture Book of American Indians; and Martin's Big Words, winner of the Jane Addams Book Award. She and her husband divide their time between New York City and a rural village in upstate New York.



Doreen Rappaport is the author of several children's books, including American Women: Their Lives in Their Words, and Trouble at the Mines, an Honor Book for the 1988 Jane Addams Children's Book Award.

Charles Lilly taught at New York's School of Visual Arts for seventeen years. He has illustrated many books for children, including Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad.

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Freedom!

Eliza and her baby, running across the ice. Selena and Cornelia Jackson, masquerading as boys. Henry Box Brown, shipping himself north in a wooden crate. Jane Johnson, risking everything to testify against her former owner in court. Ellen Craft, posing as her husband's owner.

Escaping from slavery against overwhelming odds, these people were helped by courage, ingenuity, and the informal network known as the Underground Railroad. Here are their gripping stories, told by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Charles Lilly, and accompanied by information about slave laws of the era, key Underground Railroad leaders, and a bibliography.

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Editorial
HarperCollins
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0064461696
ISBN 13 
9780064461696
Encuadernación
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Ilustrador
Lilly Charles
Número de páginas
128
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
WordUnited GmbH
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9780060216313: Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom

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ISBN 10:  006021631X ISBN 13:  9780060216313
Editorial: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1991
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