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The Underground Railroad

by Sheila Griffin Llanas · 2013

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This book relays the factual details of the Underground Railroad and slavery in the United States. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the events, and readers learn details from the point of view of a slave, a slave owner, and a conductor on the railroad. This book offers opportunities to compare and contrast various perspectives in a text while gathering and analyzing information about an historical event.

Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
slaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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