The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War

The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War is a children's book by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift. It is a fictionalized biography of Araminta Ross (later known as Harriet Tubman) telling of her life in slavery and her work on the Underground Railroad.^[1] The book, illustrated by James Daugherty, was first published in 1932 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1933.^[2]

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Harriet Tubman

Events	Underground Railroad John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Raid at Combahee Ferry

Locations	Harriet Tubman Grave Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument British Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem Chapel

Homages and memorials	A Woman Called Moses SS Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Memorial (Boston) The Quest for Freedom The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War

Underground Railroad

People	William L. Chaplin Levi Coffin Richard Dillingham Calvin Fairbank Thomas Garrett Laura Smith Haviland Daniel Hughes William Cooper Nell Harriet Forten Purvis Robert Purvis John Rankin Hetty Reckless Gerrit Smith William Still Harriet Beecher Stowe Charles Turner Torrey Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Delia Webster

Places	List of Underground Railroad sites houses churches Levi Coffin House Bialystoker Synagogue Bilger's Rocks Wilson Bruce Evans House Cyrus Gates Farmstead Sites in Indiana Allen Chapel Town Clock Church F. Julius LeMoyne House John Rankin House Gerrit Smith Estate John Freeman Walls Historic Site

Events	Pearl incident (1848) Jerry Rescue (1851) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852 book) Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856 book) Oberlin–Wellington Rescue (1858) Thirteenth Amendment (1865)

Topics	Songs of the Underground Railroad Abolitionism in the United States Abolitionism opponents of slavery African-American opponents publications Fugitive slaves Fugitive slave laws 1850 Quilts Slave catcher The Underground Railroad Records (1872 book)

Related	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War (1932 book) A Woman Called Moses (1978 miniseries) Roots of Resistance (1989 documentary) Freedom: The Underground Railroad (2013 board game) Underground (2016 TV series)

See also: Slavery in the United States and Slavery in Canada

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