Who Was Harriet Tubman?
by Yona Zeldis McDonough and Nancy Harrison • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2002
Word Count 8,883
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 66484
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Underground Railroad
- African American women
- Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913--Juvenile literature
- Antislavery movements
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature
- 19th century]vJuvenile literature
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African Americans
- History
- United States
- Slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913
- African Americans--Biography
- Slaves
- Tubman, Harriet
- Lists With This Book
- African American Heritage and Culture
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