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The Underground Railroad for kids : from slavery to freedom with 21 activities

Title
  1. The Underground Railroad for kids : from slavery to freedom with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Published by
  1. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2005.
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Carson, Mary Kay.

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Additional authors
  1. Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
  1. 164 p. : ill. , maps; 21 x 28 cm.
Summary
  1. Provides twenty-one activities that kids can do to learn about the Underground Railroad.
Subject
  1. Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature
  2. Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
  3. Underground Railroad > Study and teaching > Activity programs > Juvenile literature
  4. Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature
Contents
  1. A narrow escape and a secret network -- Passengers : fleeing a life of bondage -- Print adinkra cloth -- Homemade hoecakes -- Story-telling griots -- Rubber band banjo -- Ticket agents and railroad operators : fighting for abolition and aiding runaways -- Silver Seminole gorgets -- Create an antislavery handbill -- Write and decode underground railroad messages -- Singing to freedom -- Conductors : transporting illegal cargo -- Candle in a cup -- Pack up and go -- Visit an underground railroad station -- Navigate by the North Star -- Follow the drinking gourd -- Stationmasters : hiding passengers from slave catchers -- Get lost in disguise -- Design a hiding place -- Shake on it -- Make a paper quilt block -- Light a lantern -- Brakemen : making a life in freedom -- Canada today -- End of the line : war, emancipation, and equality -- Civil War in your state -- Wartime wrappings -- Juneteenth.
Call number
  1. Sc F 08-863
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-160) and index.
Author
  1. Carson, Mary Kay.
Title
  1. The Underground Railroad for kids : from slavery to freedom with 21 activities / Mary Kay Carson.
Imprint
  1. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2005.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-160) and index.
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  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
  3. Table of contents
Added author
  1. Schomburg Children's Collection.
LCCN
  1. 2004002466
ISBN
  1. 1556525540
  2. 9781556525544
Research call number
  1. Sc F 08-863
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