History Smashers: The Underground Railroad

By Gwendolyn Hooks and Kate Messner

Book Overview

Before the Civil War, most people escaping enslavement found help from white Quakers, who signaled them with quilts and lanterns. Right? Wrong! Most freedom seekers who had help got it from other Black people. Secret codes and messages weren't as common as you might think. The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't well-organized unit. It was a bunch of different people-shopkeepers, free Black sailors, and, yes, some Quaker abolitionists-doing what they could to help. It was dangerous work. Learn the whole truth about the Underground Railroad in the nonfiction series that smashes everything you thought you knew about history. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593428935
• ISBN13: 9780593428931
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7