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- HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STORY CODE
- HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STORY SERIES
"Designed to draw reluctant readers to nonfiction, this graphic history book tells the story of Harriet Tubman’s underground railroad primarily in pictures.
HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STORY SERIES
Carefully written to appeal to a young audience, this volume in the “Graphic Library” series is fully illustrated throughout with cartoon style pictures." - Through the Looking Glass Children's Book ReviewĬhildren's Literature Comprehensive Database This is a moving account of the life and work of one of America’s most courageous women. Between 18 Harriet made around nineteen trips into slave states to rescue people and to take them north to freedom. Thus began her career as an Underground Railroad courier. When he heard that relatives were going to be sold at auction Harriet disguised herself as a man and went south to rescue them. Harriet soon found work but she missed her family and worried about them. The time had come to run away and Harriet used the system known as the Underground Railway to go north, moving from station to station along the route until she reached Pennsylvania. One day she heard that she was going to be sold to a southern slave owner. When she was grown up and married Harriet was sent to work in the fields. Harriet knew that running away was a dangerous business and she bided her time. Often having to go hungry Harriet frequently worked for people who misused her and like so many other slaves she wished she could escape her miserable life. By the time she was six, she was already working as a house servant. "Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in around 1820. Source: Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her People by Sarah Hopkins Bradford.Īnother unnamed song sang in the same situation but letting them know it is not safe to come out, there is danger in the way. Source: Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her People by Sarah Hopkins Bradford.Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review This song lets them know it is safe to approach her. Unnamed song sung by Harriet Tubman when approaching her group after taking a detour to get food for the day. When the great big river meets the little river Moss grows on the north side of dead trees, so if the Big Dipper is not visible, dead trees will guide them north.įor the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom
HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STORY CODE
The drinking gourd is a water dipper which is a code name for the Big Dipper which points to the Pole Star towards the north. It also refers to quails which start calling each other in April. This song suggests escaping in the spring as the days get longer. Tell all my friends that I’m coming, too, This was one of Tubman’s favorite songs according to Sarah Hopkins Bradford’s biography, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. The Underground Railroad (sweet chariot) is coming south (swing low) to take the slave to the north or freedom (carry me home). If a slave heard this song he would know he had to be ready to escape, a band of angels are coming to take him to freedom. This song communicates that the person singing it is planning to escape. Who are those children all dressed in Blue? Who are those children all dressed in White? Who are those children all dressed in Red? These are the lyrics to “Wade in the Water”Ĭhorus: Wade in the Water, wade in the water children. This is an example of a map song, where directions are coded into the lyrics. Tubman used “Wade in the Water” to tell slaves to get into the water to avoid being seen and make it through. These are the lyrics of some songs that have been passed along for generations. For example, “being bound for the land of Canaan” for a white person could mean ready to die and go to heaven but to a slave it meant ready to go to Canada. Songs used Biblical references and analogies of Biblical people, places and stories, comparing them to their own history of slavery.