Dorothy Sterling

"Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible--certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape North, by the secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet didn't forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous journey"--Amazon.com.

A biography of the American slave who escaped by the "Underground Railroad" and returned many times to help others escape.

A documentary history of black people in America during the Reconstruction period, as evidenced in letters, newspaper accounts, diaries, official documents, and other original sources.