Moses :
when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom /
Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
- Edition
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1st ed.
- Subjects
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Tubman, Harriet,
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Tubman, Harriet, /
1820?-1913.
Tubman, Harriet,
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Tubman, Harriet, /
1822-1913
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Tubman, Harriet, / 1822-1913 /
Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad.
African American women
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African American women /
Biography.
Enslaved persons.
Women
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Women /
Biography
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Women / Biography /
Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad /
Juvenile literature.
African American women
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African American women /
Biography
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African American women / Biography /
Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons
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Enslaved persons /
United States
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Enslaved persons / United States /
Biography
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Enslaved persons / United States / Biography /
Juvenile literature.
- Summary
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Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
- Note
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"Jump at the sun."
Ages 5-8.
- Physical Description
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[42] p. :
col. ill. ;
30 cm.
- ISBN
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9780786851751
0786851759
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