The Story of the Underground Railroad Coloring Book - (Dover History Coloring Book) by Peter F Copeland (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Forty-four dramatically illustrated scenes tell the story of the secret network that took runaway slaves from southern states to the North and Canada between 1830 and 1860. Descriptive captions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Between 1830 and 1860, thousands of Southern slaves escaped to the North and Canada by way of the underground railroad. Neither underground nor a railroad, this secret network had conductors (persons who helped runaway slaves on their journey north) and stations (stopping places along the way).<br>Artist Peter Copeland portrays scenes from this grim period in American history in 45 dramatically rendered illustrations that include shocking views of below decks aboard a slave ship, slave pens, a family being seized by slave catchers, methods of punishing runaway slaves, an escaped slave with Seminole Indians, John Brown on the way to his execution, refugees arriving at a safe house, and more.<br>Also included are portraits of abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass; Congressman Thaddeus Stevens; Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of <i>Uncle Tom's Cabin</i>; Laura Haviland, a conductor on the underground railroad; and other figures associated with the abolitionist cause.<br>Informative, fact-filled captions complete a book that will not only thrill coloring book enthusiasts but will also fascinate students of American history and anyone interested in the African-American struggle for freedom.
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