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Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War

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Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War / written by Thomas B. Allen ; with illustrations by Carla Bauer.
Author
Allen, Thomas B.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2006.
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Bauer, Carla
Description
191 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
Summary
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest, and most dangerous, challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role-- that of Union spy!
Subject
  • Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
  • Enslaved persons > United States > Biography
  • African American women > Biography
  • Underground Railroad
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
Contents
Prologue : Black Moses -- The conductor -- The general -- Harriet's first battle -- Into the secret war -- Black dispatches -- Black spies of river and sea -- Enlisting soldiers and spies -- General Moses leads a raid -- Epilogue : finding the secrets.
Call Number
J 973.71 A
ISBN
  • 0792278895
  • 9780792278894
  • 9781426304019 (pbk.)
  • 1426304013 (pbk.)
  • 0792278909 (library binding)
  • 9780792278900 (library binding)
LCCN
2005030927
OCLC
62161247
Author
Allen, Thomas B.
Title
Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War / written by Thomas B. Allen ; with illustrations by Carla Bauer.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188) and index.
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Bauer, Carla, ill.
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J 973.71 A
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