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13.

The agitators : three friends who fought for abolition and women's rights

Wickenden, Dorothy, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

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Call Number

974.76803 WIC

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:595258

14.

Imperfect union : how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War

Inskeep, Steve, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.273 FRE

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SD_ILS:588499

15.

Unsung : unheralded narratives of American slavery & abolition

Commander, Michelle D., 1978- editor, writer of introduction.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.362 UNS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:608023

16.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.673 DOU

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SD_ILS:680725

17.

The radical potter : the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood

Hunt, Tristram, 1974- author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

927.3842 WED

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SD_ILS:621362

18.

Salmon P. Chase : Lincoln's vital rival

Stahr, Walter, author.

Publication Date

2021

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923.273 CHA

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SD_ILS:621369

19.

Prophet against slavery : Benjamin Lay : a graphic novel

Lester, David, 1958- adapter, illustrator.

Publication Date

2021

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Books

Call Number

923.673 LAY

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SD_ILS:641718

20.

Harriet Tubman : toward freedom

Taylor, Whit, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

326.8 TAY

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SD_ILS:643745

21.

A question of freedom : the families who challenged slavery from the nation's founding to the Civil War

Thomas, William G., 1964- author.

Publication Date

2020

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Books

Call Number

306.362 THO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:594063

22.

She came to slay : the life and times of Harriet Tubman

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.673 TUB

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SD_ILS:516668

23.

Harriet Tubman : journey to freedom

Agard, Sandra A., author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

326.8 AGA

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SD_ILS:550731

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Cover image for The Underground Railroad records : narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom

The Underground Railroad records : narrating the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom

Still, William, 1821-1902, author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Books

Call Number

973.7115 STI

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SD_ILS:624337

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