Harriet Tubman

"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."

-Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman did something exceptionally courageous: She escaped slavery. Then, she did something impossible: She went back.

She made some thirteen missions to rescue around 70 enslaved people, using and expanding a network of abolitionists that became the Underground Railroad. She spent her life as an activist, speaking out for black people and women's suffrage.

This modern account of her triumphant escape is detailed and authentic. Illustrated with care for the historical record, it offers insight into the life and mind of Tubman, displaying her as a woman with an unshakable desire to break the chains of society. It is a perfect antiracist narrative for our times, and leaves one with an understanding of just what freedom means for those who must fight for it.