The Midnight Road to Freedom
The story of Harriet Tubman
A series by Mary Akanbi

Real people who changed the world, retold as graphic novels. First on the road: Harriet Tubman.
In the dead of night, while the rest of the world slept, one woman was rewriting history. Harriet Tubman didn’t just escape the chains of slavery. She turned back and walked right back into the lion’s den to save others.
Armed with faith, a sharp mind, and the North Star, Harriet led hundreds through treacherous swamps and past elite bounty hunters. To the people she saved, she was “Moses”. To the authorities, she was a dangerous outlaw with a massive price on her head. But to herself, she was simply a woman who refused to let anyone else live in the shadows she once knew.
The Midnight Road to Freedom takes you deep into the woods of Maryland and across the Canadian border in a heart-pounding true story of courage. Discover how a five-foot-tall woman became a spy, a nurse, and the first woman to lead an armed raid in the Civil War.
One road. One lantern. One legend who never looked back.



One road. One lantern. Harriet Tubman walked it again and again, in the dark.
It is midnight. Tap anywhere to strike a light. Seven quick taps and the whole road is lit.
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Real people who changed the world, retold as graphic novels. First on the road: Harriet Tubman.
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