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9781404202450
Born a slave in the United States, Harriet Tubman escaped from bondage to risk her life and newfound liberty in becoming a leading abolitionist in the years before the American Civil War. Tubman surreptitiously led hundreds of escaped Southern slaves to freedom in the North along the Underground Railroad, earning her the nickname as "the Moses of her people." Readers will learn of Tubman's courage, determination, and iron discipline in this terse retelling of her life story.Shone, Rob is the author of 'Harriet Tubman The Life of an African-American Abolitionist', published 2005 under ISBN 9781404202450 and ISBN 1404202455.
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