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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Language
English
Description
An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century activist Ida B. Wells, focusing on her crusade against the practice of lynching, and discussing her role in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the campaign for women's voting rights.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
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...
11) Pioneers
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Language
English
Description
Discusses the reasons people had for going to live in newly-discovered or newly-settled lands, as the American West of the nineteenth century, the hardships they faced, and their influence on history.
Author
Series
Publisher
Altea
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Español
Description
Discute la vida de Tom�as Jefferson, autor de la Declaraci�on de Independencia y el tercer presidente de los Estados Unidos.
Discusses the life of Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States.