01773cam a2200349 i 4500 163483136 TxAuBib 20140715120000.0 130816s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013029327 9780448467139 0448467135 (OCoLC)830367571 TxAuBib rda McDonough, Yona Zeldis. What was the underground railroad? / by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Lauren Mortimer. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2013] 108 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier What was Includes bibliographical references. "No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive!"-- Provided by publisher. 20140715. Underground Railroad Juvenile literature. Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century Juvenile literature. Antislavery movements United States History 19th century Juvenile literature. Mortimer, Lauren, illustrator. What was. MULAP