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Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway

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Title

Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway

Collection

The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies

Names

Wells, Helen, 1910- (Author)
Connelly, George (Illustrator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1953
Edition: [1st ed.]
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Winston

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Fic (Wells, H. Escape by night)

Subjects

Underground Railroad

Genres

Books
Children'S Literature
Illustrations

Physical Description

Extent: ix, 182 p. illus. 22 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number: 53007414
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG744142807-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10138820
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c4fda9c0-5c1b-0134-883d-00505686a51c

Rights

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Text
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Date Issued

1953

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1953. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4fda9c0-5c1b-0134-883d-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1953). Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4fda9c0-5c1b-0134-883d-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Escape by Night: a story of the Underground Railway" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4fda9c0-5c1b-0134-883d-00505686a51c

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