TY - BOOK AU - Cummings,Judy Dodge AU - Casteel,Tom TI - The Underground Railroad: navigate the journey from slavery to freedom T2 - Build it yourself series SN - 9781619304864 PY - 2017///] CY - White River Junction, VT PB - Nomad Press KW - Underground Railroad KW - Juvenile literature KW - Fugitive slaves KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Illustrated works KW - lcgft N1 - "With 20 projects"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Imagine leaving everything you’ve ever known—your friends, family, and home—to travel along roads you’ve never seen before, getting help from people you’ve never met before, with the constant threat of capture hovering over your every move. Would you risk your life on the Underground Railroad to gain freedom from slavery? In The Underground Railroad: Navigate the Journey from Slavery to Freedom, readers ages 9 to 12 examine how slavery developed in the United States and what motivated abolitionists to work for its destruction. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses operated by conductors and station masters, both black and white. Readers follow true stories of enslaved people who braved patrols, the wilderness, hunger, and their own fear in a quest for freedom ER -