President of the Underground Railroad

President of the Underground Railroad
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Publisher : Millbrook Press
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 9780822589129
ISBN-13 : 0822589125
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Book Synopsis President of the Underground Railroad by : Gwenyth Swain

Download or read book President of the Underground Railroad written by Gwenyth Swain and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in a Quaker family in the South in 1830, Levi Coffin did not support slavery, but he was exposed to its atrocities. Convinced that every person deserved to be free, Levi began helping slaves escape to the North along the Underground Railroad, and during the following 40 years he was able to help over 3,000 people find freedom.


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