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The Underground Railroad

Author: Ashby, Ruth

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 7.4
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 6837
Points per Word 0.000146
Page Count 48
Points per Page 0.020833

Description

This book discusses the history of the institution of slavery in the United States, abolitionism and other resistance movements, and the structure of, as well as some outstanding people involved with, the Underground Railroad.