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When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
By Weatherford, Carole Boston
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-78685-175-1
- Publisher
- Jump at the Sun Hyperion
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 2-5 Tubmans religious faith drives this handsome, poetic account of her escape to freedom and role in the Underground Railroad. The story begins with Tubman addressing God on a summer night as she is about to be sold south from the Maryland plantation where she and her husband live: I am Your child, Lord; yet Master owns me, /drives me like a mule. In resounding bold text, God tells her He means for her to be free. The story is ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Weatherford's poetic telling of Harriet Tubman's role as a conductor on the Underground Railroad combines with Nelson's larger-than-life illustrations to portray the spiritual life of the African American visionary. The story takes readers from Tubman's early days as a slave, through her decision to escape, and into her life as a free person who detested the institution of slavery so vehemently that she returned to the South nineteen time...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
