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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / When Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006. - [42] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

"Jump at the sun."

Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.

Ages 5-8.



ISBN: 0786851759 9780786851751

LCCN: 2007275902

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 --Juvenile literature.
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature.
African American women abolitionists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slaves.
African American women--Biography.
Underground Railroad.

LC Class. No.: E444.T82 / W43 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/115092 B