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Hale, Nathan, 1976-

The underground abductor : an abolitionist tale / text and illustrations, Nathan Hale. - 125 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. - Nathan Hale's hazardous tales ; bk. 5 .

Map on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references.

Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of Araminta Ross, who was born a slave in Delaware but eventually escaped north to freedom. Changing her name to Harriet Tubman, she became an "abductor" on the Underground Railroad, risking her life to help other slaves reach freedom.

3-6 GN370L Lexile 3.1

ISBN: 9781419715365 (trade) 1419715364 9781419762178

Subjects--Personal Names:
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 --Comic books, strips, etc.--Juvenile literature.
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 --Cartoons and comics.
Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 --Comic books, strips, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.
Underground railroad--Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.
Women--Biography--Cartoons and comics.
Underground railroad--Cartoons and comics.
Slaves--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
African Americans--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Women--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Underground railroad--Comic books, strips, etc.
Slaves.
African Americans--Biography.
Women--Biography.
Underground Railroad.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Comic books, strips, etc--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cartoons and comics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies
Graphic nonfiction.
Comics (Graphic works)

LC Class. No.: E280.H2 / H35 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 921 TUB 973.7/115
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