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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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McDonough, Yona Zeldis
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Hurst, Deanna
Series:
What was...?
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Books on Tape 2016
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure:
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No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from—there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this audiobook chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. In this thrillingly narrated history, the Underground Railroad comes alive!
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Street Date:
04/05/2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780451484369
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Lexile measure:
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Yona Zeldis McDonough. (2016). What Was the Underground Railroad? Unabridged Books on Tape.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough. 2016. What Was the Underground Railroad? Books on Tape.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough, What Was the Underground Railroad? Books on Tape, 2016.

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Yona Zeldis McDonough. What Was the Underground Railroad? Unabridged Books on Tape, 2016.

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