The book, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. by Carole Boston Weatherford, should be on everyone’s reading list. Harriet Tubman was so brave to try to run away from slavery all alone. But she wasn’t all alone, because God was with her. She could talk to God when she was afraid and God always answered with words that helped her to be strong. She was helped along the way by Christian people, especially from the the Quaker Churches, who believed that slavery was wrong. Someone gave her a ride in a wagon where she hid under blankets. Another person took her in a boat up a river. Many people gave her food and places to sleep or to hide along the way. When she finally reached Philadelphia where she could be free, she missed her family so much that she decided to go back to get them and help them to escape. She found a Quaker church that was helping runaway slaves get to freedom, and she learned from them all the safe places they could tell her about where runaway slaves could go to get help. When she was finally ready, she went back for her family. Then she made many more trips to help other slaves escape to freedom. Don’t take my word for how good this book really is. Read it for yourself. It is so powerful! You will feel like you are running with her with the dogs barking on your heels. It is also a fantastic read-aloud for an expressive reader. If you have already read this great book, please tell us how you liked it.
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