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BL
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969719
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b724089
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| Main Entry
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Carson, Mary Kay
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| Title & Author
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The Underground Railroad for kids : : from slavery to freedom with 21 activities /\ Mary Kay Carson.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: Chicago Review Press,, [2005]
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, ©2005
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| Series Statement
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For Kids series
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| Page. NO
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164 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 x 28 cm.
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| ISBN
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1435261739
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: 1556525540
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: 9781435261730
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: 9781556525544
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Provides twenty-one activities that kids can do to learn about the Underground Railroad.
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Antislavery movements-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Juvenile literature.
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Fugitive slaves-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Juvenile literature.
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Underground Railroad, Juvenile literature.
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Underground Railroad-- Study and teaching-- Activity programs, Juvenile literature.
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Antislavery movements.
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Fugitive slaves.
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Underground Railroad.
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Antislavery movements.
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Fugitive slaves.
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Underground Railroad
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Underground Railroad.
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Underground Railroad.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.7/115
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| LC Classification
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E450.C45 2005
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| NLM classification
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NW 8295rvk
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