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c2000, Juvenile, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, Miss Bet.
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c2000., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC LYO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery.
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c2000., Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: 973.7 Lyo Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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2001, c2000., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. Call No: 973.7 Lyo Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Hist. Gold Fiction LYONS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC LYONS Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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c2000., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc. with arrangement with Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.
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[2020]., 053500., Showtime Networks Call No: DVD FIC GOO Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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 America and the ever-changing roles of race, religion and gender in American society.
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Ã2013., Riverhead Books Call No: Historical FIC McBride Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A slave child in Kansas in 1856, Henry Shackleford is taken in by abolitionist John Brown after Brown confronts and has a heated argument with Shackleford's master. Now privy to Brown's movements and the anti-slavery efforts of his small militia, Shackleford keeps his head down to stay alive right up until the moment Brown launches his doomed and fatal assault on Harper's Ferry.
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Ã2013., Riverhead Books Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Edition: 1st Riverhead trade Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henry Shackleford, a slave boy from the Kansas Territory, is caught up in John Brown's crusade for freedom of slaves and when he escapes from his master's home, he must disguise himself as a girl in order to stay safe and is nicknamed Onion by John.
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2013., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
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2013., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: JNF042000 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: In free verse, evokes the voice of Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, a book-loving writer, feminist, and abolitionist who courageously fought injustice in nineteenth-century Cuba. Includes historical notes, excerpts from her writings, biographical information, and source notes.
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By Rinaldi, Annc1998, Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1859, fifteen-year-old Annie travels to the Maryland farm where her father, John Brown, is secretly assembling his provisional army prior to their raid on the United States arsenal at nearby Harpers Ferry.
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By Rinaldi, Annc1998, Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the summer of 1859, fifteen-year-old Annie travels to the Maryland farm where her father, John Brown, is secretly assembling his provisional army prior to their raid on the United States arsenal at nearby Harpers Ferry.
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c2002., HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Adventures of young Buffalo BillSummary Note: Having settled on the Kansas frontier, young Bill Cody and his family try to make a home for themselves, coexist with their Kickapoo neighbors, and stand up as abolitionists in spite of their neighbors' pro-slavery beliefs.
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1994],c1992, Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of the former slave who became well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.
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1996., Blue Sky Press Call No: FIC Las Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Because of the strong influence which her grandfather, an abolitionist, has in her life, fourteen-year-old Lucy assists a fugitive slave girl in her escape.
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-- House divided2009., Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Paperbacks Call No: 741.5 Graphic Novel POE Edition: 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a historical graphic novel about brothers Owen and Amos Bennington who vow to continue their parents' work to help runaway slaves; but each takes a different path--Owen campaigning for Abraham Lincoln, and Amos joining up with abolitionist John Brown.
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c2003., Holiday House Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1837-38, residents of Millbrook, Massachusetts, speak in their different voices of major issues of their day, including women's rights, slavery, religious differences, and one fiery girl named Faith.