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Summary:

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.

Author/Creator:

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Contributors:

Nelson, Kadir

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Moses: when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom [by Weatherford, C.B.]

Subjects:

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913 — Juvenile literature

Enslaved persons — United States — Biography — Juvenile literature

African American women — Biography — Juvenile literature

Underground Railroad — Juvenile literature

Women — Biography — Juvenile literature

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

Slaves

African American women

Underground Railroad

Women

United States

Genres:

Biographies

Juvenile works

General Notes:

"Jump at the sun."
Caldecott Honor Book, 2007

Audience:

Children
Ages 5-8.

Physical Description:

42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Call Numbers:

J973.7115 W362m

ISBNs:

0786851759
9780786851751

OCLC Numbers:

70887050