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2013. | Riverhead Books | 417 pages ; 24 cm. | English |
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[2014] | Penguin Audio | 14 audio discs (approximately 14.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Fleeing his violent master at the side of abolitionist John Brown at the height of the slavery debate in mid-nineteenth-century Kansas Territory, Henry pretends to be a girl to hide his identity throughout the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
2) Roots
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La Farge AV
DVD Roots
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DVD Roots
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[2016] | A&E Television Networks, LLC | 3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Roots Main Media DVD Roots |
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The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD Amazing
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DVD Amazing
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DVD Amazing
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c2007 | Widescreen format (1.85:1). | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Amazing Main Media DVD Amazing Southside AV DVD Amazing |
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A biography of British legislator William Wilberforce, who led a decades-long movement to end the British slave trade.
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
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973.8 Bli
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973.8 Bli
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2018. | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | Simon & Schuster | xx, 888 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
Main 973.8 Bli Southside 973.8 Bli |
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"The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major...
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[2014] | Penguin Classics | xxix, 190 pages ; 20 cm. | On Shelf
Main BIO DOUGLASS, F | |
c2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | 127 p. ; 21 cm. | On Shelf
Southside BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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"An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials. The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery to his escape to the North in 1838. Douglass tells how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how...
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Fiction Friedland, J
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2018. | Sparkpress | 338 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Southside Fiction Friedland, J |
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Abigail Milton was born into the British middle class, but her family has landed in unthinkable debt. To ease their burdens, Abby's parents send her to America to live off the charity of their old friend, Douglas Elling. When she arrives in Charleston at the age of seventeen, Abigail discovers that the man her parents raved about is a disagreeable widower who wants little to do with her. To her relief, he relegates her care to a governess, leaving...
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2014. | Yale University Press | xxx, 395 pages ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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"I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, every one of which is perpetually and flagrantly violated by the slave system." - Frederick Douglass Born and brought up in slavery, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) experienced the horrors of bondage but gained freedom and world renown as a lecturer, editor, and one of the most important...
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La Farge
BIO TUBMAN, H
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BIO TUBMAN, H
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BIO TUBMAN, H
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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2019. | First 37 Ink/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | 37 Ink, Simon & Schuster | xiv, 157 pages : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge BIO TUBMAN, H Main BIO TUBMAN, H Southside BIO TUBMAN, H |
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Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. As a leading abolitionist, her bravery and selflessness has inspired generations in the continuing struggle for civil rights. Now, National Book Award nominee Erica Armstrong Dunbar presents a fresh take on this American icon blending traditional biography, illustrations, photos, and engaging sidebars that illuminate the life of Tubman as never before. Not...
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2011 | 1st ed. | Henry Holt | xii, 365 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 973.7116 Hor Main 973.7116 Hor Southside 973.7116 Hor |
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In this book the author tells the tale of the daring insurrection that put America on the path to bloody war. Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, this work portrays Brown's uprising revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. Brown, the descendant...
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1995 | Dover Publications | xvii, 76 p. ; 21 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. Its shocking first-hand account of the horrors of slavery became an international best seller. His eloquence led Frederick Douglass to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.
• Douglass rose through determination, brilliance and eloquence to...
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2019. | First Kensington hardcover edition. | John Scognamiglio Books /Kensington Books | viii, 326 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Fiction McPhail, D |
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"On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews begs her father to save a slave, Nathan, about to be auctioned away from his family. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an illegal school for his slaves, hoping to eventually set them free. One, a woman named Ginny, has become Emily's companion and often her conscience - and understands all too well the hazards an educated slave must face. Yet even Ginny could not predict the tangled, tragic...
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[2020] | Showtime Networks | 2 videodiscs (approximately 336 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum...
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge
Fiction Kilpack, J
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Fiction Kilpack, J
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Fiction Kilpack, J
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[2017] | Shadow Mountain | ix, 322 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Fiction Kilpack, J Main Fiction Kilpack, J Southside Fiction Kilpack, J |
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c2005 | 1st ed. | Amistad | xv, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 973.7115 Bor |
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p2005 | Abridged. | Harper Audio | 5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV CD spoken 973.7115 Bor |
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2017. | First Touchstone hardcover edition. | Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc | 340 pages ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Fiction Conway, M |
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"Set aboard a nineteenth century riverboat theater, this is the moving, page-turning story of a charmingly frank and naive seamstress who is blackmailed into saving runaways on the Underground Railroad, jeopardizing her freedom, her livelihood, and a new love"--
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La Farge Childrens Picture Book
306.362 Pin
Main Childrens Picture Book
306.362 Pin
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c2009 | 1st ed. | Disney/Jump at the Sun Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge Childrens Picture Book 306.362 Pin Main Childrens Picture Book 306.362 Pin |
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[2013] | WGBH Educational Foundation | 1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD 326.8 Ame |
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"Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container.
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c2009 | Abrams Books for Young Readers | 39 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Main Childrens Picture Book 973.71 Hen |
Description
In the late 1850s, at a time when many men and women spoke out against slavery, few had the same impact as John Brown, the infamous white abolitionist who backed his beliefs with unstoppable action.
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2005 | 1st ed. | Distributed by Random House | x, 578 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge 973.711 Rey Southside 973.711 Rey |
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John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery, single-handedly changed the course of American history. This biography by critic and cultural biographer Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil War. When does principled resistance become anarchic brutality? How can a murderer be viewed as a heroic freedom fighter? The case of John Brown opens windows...
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La Farge Childrens Easy Reader
BIO DOUGLASS, F
Main Childrens Easy Reader
BIO DOUGLASS, F
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c2002 | Peeble Books | 24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge Childrens Easy Reader BIO DOUGLASS, F Main Childrens Easy Reader BIO DOUGLASS, F |
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A simple biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.
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