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Gr 5-9 Noted author Hansen teams with historical conservator McGowan to document the history of the Underground Railroad. They explain that this subject is particularly hard to research because of the necessary secrecy that surrounded the operation of the network, and they attempt to tie varied sources together to substantiate the legends that have sprung up about it. The archaeological evidence is examined, from the site of a slave settlement in Florida to the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The team that produced the Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground (rev. 7/98) turn their attention to the Underground Railroad, a more elusive subject about which "it is difficult to separate fact from fiction." Hansen and McGowan begin their narrative by examining pre-Revolutionary War efforts by enslaved Africans to escape their bondage, giving some historical context to an ongoing resistance to slavery, and they explore topics such as changes in laws governing ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More