Central Kansas Library System

"Upon his election as President of the troubled United States, Abraham Lincoln faced a dilemma. He knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? Many abolitionists wanted Lincoln to move quickly, overturning the founding documents along the way. But Lincoln believed there was a way to extend equality to all while keeping and living up to the Constitution that he loved so much-if only he could buy...

Charlie Keller has trouble feeling at home after his abolitionist father, wanting to cast a vote for freedom, moves his family from Massachusetts to the Kansas Territory which is on the verge of deciding whether to enter the Union as a free or a slave state.

A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

The stories of slaves who fled the South in search of freedom are some of the most riveting in American history. The fugitives usually left at night, with little or no food or money and only the light of the North Star to guide them. Gathered here are twelve stirring stories of escape, including those of Henry "Box" Brown, Ellen and William Craft, and Harriet Tubman, along with less well known but equally compelling accounts of Mary Prince, Eliza...

Describes the life and work of the woman whose famous book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had a great impact on the slavery situation in the United States.

A new edition of the historical novel of the Quaker teacher who in 1833 opened a school for African-American women and girls.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Quaker woman who was an important participant in the cause of abolition and women's rights.