Beginning with Tubman’s childhood-and discussing other notables in the war against slavery such as Nat Turner and Frederick Douglass and the issue of slavery and its effect on the nation’s history-here is the breathless, terrifying true story of Tubman on the Underground Railroad, where she risked her own life over and over again to bring others to freedom. Here is the true tale of a remarkable African American woman, told as a story filled with danger, espionage, and even humor. She would go down in history as a hero and spy who helped hundreds of American slaves run away and find freedom by following the Underground Railroad. Once there, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. After years of backbreaking labor and the constant threat of being sold and separated from her family, she escaped north to freedom. Meet Underground Railroad abductor Harriet Tubman in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series!Īraminta Ross was an enslaved woman born in Delaware. Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” - New York Times The Underground Abductor is another great book in the series.“These books are, quite simply, brilliant. There aren’t as many jokes as in other Hazardous Tales books but it still has a light enough touch that things are never too grim to put off readers.
The book chronicles her exploits in an exciting and engaging manner. She went on to a “happily ever after” life of retirement with her family in New York. When the war broke out, she worked as a spy for the Union and freed about 800 slaves in a daring raid on the Combahee River in South Carolina. She also led anyone else willing to escape from slavery. She then began working to get the rest of her family out of Maryland. After establishing herself as a free women, she changed her name to Harriet. her siblings sold to plantation owners who lived further south where conditions were much worse. She fled to Philadelphia when her family was starting to be “sold South,” i.e. Later she married the free black man John Tubman. This ability comes in very handy (sort of–she does fall asleep at unexpected moments) in her life. During this unnatural sleep, she had strange visions of the future, including nearby dangers. Her owners were hard on her, even causing a head injury that seems to have caused narcolepsy, the condition where people unexpectedly and suddenly fall asleep. She had many varied tasks as a child, none of which she was very good at. She was born Araminta Ross and her whole family was owned by Edward Brodess, a land owner on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
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