Abolitionist movement [Let's celebrate freedom!]by Metz, Lorijo 

BTSB Prebound(PowerKids, 2014)

BTSB #: 639855 Available

Dewey: 326/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Antislavery movements - United States - History|y19th century Abolitionists Slaves African Americans - History|yTo 1863

Summary: An introduction to the men and women who fought to end slavery.

Slavery and the Civil War : rooted in racism [American Slavery And The Fight For Freedom]by Smith, Elliott 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2022)

BTSB #: 827215 Available

Dewey: 973.7/NAges: 9-14   
Lexile: 930

Genres:

Subjects: Slavery - United States - History|y19th century Antislavery movements - United States - History|y19th century Abolitionists United States - History|y1861-1865, Civil War - Causes

Summary: The Civil War began after eleven southern states seceded in order to keep slavery. Discover how enslaved people experienced the war, from serving on the front lines to glimpsing and winning freedom.

Underground by Evans, Shane 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2011)

BTSB #: 317074 Available

Dewey: 973.7/NAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 60

Genres:

Subjects: Underground railroad Fugitive slaves Abolitionists

Summary: The relaying of a pivotal moment in American history, shown through one slave family's escape to the North, and freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Volcano beneath the snow : John Brown's war against slavery by Marrin, Albert 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2014)

BTSB #: 604646 Available

Dewey: 973.7/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 7.7 MG+RC: 8.4 9-12 Lexile: 990

Genres:

Subjects: Brown, John,|d1800-1859 Abolitionists

Summary: A poignant biography of the controversial Civil War figure John Brown, a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism."

Who was Frederick Douglass? by Prince, April Jones 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 733376 Temp OS

Dewey: 973.7/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Douglass, Frederick,|d1818-1895 Abolitionists African American abolitionists Antislavery movements

Summary: Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.

Who was Frederick Douglass? [Who Was?]by Prince, April Jones 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 733380 Available

Dewey: 973.7/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Douglass, Frederick,|d1818-1895 Abolitionists African American abolitionists Antislavery movements

Summary: Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.

Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? [Who Was?]by Rau, Dana Meachen 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2015)

BTSB #: 740536 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 6 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 890 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher,|d1811-1896 - Biography American authors|y19th century Abolitionists Women - Biography United Sates - History|y1861-1865, Civil War

Summary: Examines the life of the nineteenth-century author famous for the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which denounced slavery and intensified the disagreement between the North and South.

Who was Sojourner Truth? [Who Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2015)

BTSB #: 624127 Available

Dewey: 326/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Truth, Sojourner,|d1799-1883 African American abolitionists African American women - Biography Abolitionists Social reformers

Summary: Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. After she escaped slavery she changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six.

Who was Sojourner Truth? [Who Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2015)

BTSB #: 624141 Available

Dewey: 326/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600 F&P: V

Genres:

Subjects: Truth, Sojourner,|d1799-1883 African American abolitionists African American women - Biography Abolitionists Social reformers

Summary: Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. After she escaped slavery she changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six.