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Issue: Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #[5]
Publication Date: January 2015
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Issues: #[5] of 10 Issues
Title: The Underground Abductor
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Publisher: FlagHarry N. Abrams
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Indicia Publisher: Amulet Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9781419715365
UPC/EAN: 978141971536551295
Price: $13.95 CAD
£7.99 GBP
$12.95 USD
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Content Items: 37 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?; Nathan Hale (design); Chad W. Beckerman (design)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color covers and endsheets; black and white interior
Dimensions: 5 3/4" w x 7 3/4" h
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Harriet Tubman
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North America 1850

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Provost; hangman
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Nathan Hale
First Line: The Underground Abductor
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Provost; hangman; Nathan Hale
First Line: September 22, 1776
Synopsis: The provost and the hangman agree to stay Nathan Hale's execution so that he may tell another story, but they insist that it be a story about bad things that America has done. Nathan Hale agrees to tell a tale about slavery.
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Chapter 1

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Rittia; slavedriving man; slavedriving woman
Synopsis: Six year-old Aramainta proves hopeless at the tasks she's been rented out for. Maltreated and neglected, she becomes sick enough that she's sent home.
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Chapter 2

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Rittia; Miss Susan; Miss Susan's husband; baby; older white woman
Synopsis: Araminta is rented out to a woman who is always furious, and who beats and whips Araminta repeatedly.
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Chapter 3

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Rittia; Soph; Mariah Ritty; Edward Brodess; Moses; Pharaoh; hangman; provost; Nathan Hale
Synopsis: Several members of Araminta's family are sold away. The slaves draw understanding from the Bible's story of how God used Moses to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
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Chapter 4

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Nat Turner; slaves
Synopsis: Driven by visions, Nat Turner raises a bloody slave revolt, which is put down with equal bloodiness.
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Chapter 5

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; slave woman; white man; Rittia; Edward Brodess; slave buyer
Synopsis: Araminta is brain damaged when her skull is broken open with a lead weight thrown by a white man. Even so, she is quickly driven into the field to continue working.
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Chapter 6

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Rittia; Ben Ross; Hangman; Provost; Nathan Hale
Synopsis: Despite repeated bouts of narcolepsy through each day (presumably a result of her brain injury), Araminta works with her father on a lumber gang. She also sees visions, and hears rumors of the Underground Railroad.
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Chapter 7

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Ben Ross; John Tubman; Rittia; Moses; Edward Brodess
Synopsis: When Edward Brodess proposes to sell Araminta's brother Moses, their mother Rittia hides the child and even threatens Brodess with a hatchet. Araminta meets John Tubman, a free man.
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Chapter 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Linah; Ben Ross Jr.; Edward Brodess; debt collectors
Synopsis: Debt collectors seize and sell one of Araminta's sisters. Araminta prays for the death of Edward Brodess.
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Chapter 9

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; John Tubman; lawyer
Synopsis: Araminta marries John Tubman and works incessantly, trying to get money to buy her freedom. Consulting a lawyer she discovers that her mother is legally free, but is being kept in bondage anyway.
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Chapter 10

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; John Tubman; Edward Brodess; Rittia
Synopsis: Hoping to earn money to buy her freedom, Araminta works herself into a breakdown. Hearing that Brodess plans to sell her she prays for his death, which quickly follows. Araminta is appalled at her own behavior, but with Brodess's estate deeply in debt, the family will now be sold off to pay his bills.
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Chapter 11

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; Ben; Robert; Henry; Rittia
Synopsis: Araminta leads two of her brothers on a runaway to freedom, but when she falls into a nacroleptic fit they take her home. Araminta has visions that she is flying all the way to freedom.
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Chapter 12

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Araminta [Harriet Tubman]; slave catcher; Underground Railroad workers
Synopsis: Helped along by a network of sympathizers, Araminta makes her way to freedom in Pennsylvania. There she takes the new name of Harriet Tubman.
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Chapter 13

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; minister; free black people
Synopsis: Harriet works hard, and loves living in freedom, but longs for her family. When she hears about the cruel Fugitive Slave Law, she resolves to free her family.
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Chapter 14

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; barge captain; gun salesman; gun salesman
Synopsis: Learning from an African American barge captain that family members are being sold, Harriet determines to free them. A white shop owner refuses to sell her a gun, but she buys one from a clandestine dealer.
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Chapter 15

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Tom Bowley; John Bowley; Kessiah; auctioneer; Eliza Brodess; Moses Ross; William Still; Thomas Garrett; Samuel Green
Synopsis: Using the Underground Railroad, and contacts developed during her time of freedom, Harriet makes two journeys into slave country, bringing out six friends and family members.
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Chapter 16

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Tom Rowley; escaping slaves; Frederick Douglass
Synopsis: Finding that her husband has remarried, Harriet leads a group of nine to freedom. Concluding that Philadelphia is no longer safe enough, she clandestinely leads a large group to Rochester, New York, and the home of Frederick Douglass.
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The Adventures of Tiny Frederick Douglass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Frederick Douglass; Sophia Auld; Hugh Auld; Andrew Auld; Thomas Auld; Edward Covey; Anna Murray; Harriett Tubman
Synopsis: Even as a young child slave Frederick Douglass finds illegal opportunities to learn to read. Put out to slave-breaker, Douglass fist fights him until the breaker never tries to whip Douglass again. Escaping to the free states, Douglass marries, writes books, gives lectures, and serves on the Underground Railroad.
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Chapter 17

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Robert; Henry; Ben; Eliza Brodess; Winnebar; Charles Torrey; Thomas Garrett; Calvin Fairbank; Ben Ross
Synopsis: Harriet helps her 11 escapers start a new life in Canada, then returns to take six more friends and family to freedom. She communicates with her father, but keeps both her presence and the escape a secret from her mother.
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Chapter 18

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriett Tubman; Eliza Brodess; Ben Ross; escaping slaves; Thomas Garrett; Frederick Douglass
Synopsis: Harriett gets another large group through to Canada. She works hard and earns money to finance yet another expedition.
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The Rachel Rescue

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Thomas Garrett; Rachel; escaping slaves
Synopsis: Harriett tries to rescue her sister Rachel, who refuses to go unless she can find her children first. Despite illness and pain, Harriett leads four men to the north instead.
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Chapter 19 The Rachel Rescue: Round Two

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Big Joe Bailey; bricklayers; escaping slaves; slave catchers [paddy-rollers]
Synopsis: Rachel still has not been reunited with her children, so Harriet takes another group north, including a slave who is both injured and high in monetary value. Searching is intense, and she threatens to kill one of the men who wants to turn back. Eventually she gets her group through to Canada.
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Chapter 20

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriett Tubman; Ben Ross; Rittia Ross; Thomas Otwell; escaping slaves; slave catchers
Synopsis: An escaping group operating on its own implicates Harriet's father, Ben Ross. With no preparation she rushes south and takes her elderly parents north, hiding in the open, while mother complains all the way.
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The Rachel Rescue: Round Three

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Rachel; escaping slaves
Synopsis: Despite a long stay in hiding with her sister, no opportunity arises to escape with the children. Harriet advises other escaping slaves, and has a vision of a great war coming.
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Chapter 21

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; John Brown; Charles Nalle
Synopsis: Harriet and John Brown find themselves to be kindred spirits. She agrees to join his raid on Harpers Ferry, but for some reason fails to do so, and it ends in defeat. She later leads a mob in freeing a captured fugitive slave by force.
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The Rachel Rescue: Round Four

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Rachel's neighbor; Quaker; householder
Synopsis: Harriet returns to the south only to find that her sister Rachel has died. She never succeeds in locating Rachel's children, but leads another small group to freedom.
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Chapter 22

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Margaret; Colonel James Montgomery; General Rufus Saxton; Union soldiers; hangman; provost; Nathan Hale
Synopsis: Harriet works with the Union army as a spy and scout. In South Carolina she leads troops on a raid that frees 800 slaves in a single night. As the war nears its ends she returns to her home in Auburn, New York, where she spends the rest of her days in peace.
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
Subject Matter
Character(s): Medal eagle; research babies
First Line: Hey! This page is supposed to be for me and my medal only!
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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): H. B. Lindsley (photograph); Martin M. Lawrence (photograph) (attributed); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): H. B. Lindsley (photograph); Martin M. Lawrence (photograph) (attributed); ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Harriet Tubman; Frederick Douglass; John Brown
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"Who would win in a fight between Henry Knox, the Specter of Death, Gustavus Fox, and the the 1916 god of war?"

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Writer(s): Nathan Hale
Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
Inker(s): Nathan Hale
Colorist(s): Nathan Hale
Letterer(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Henry Knox; the specter of death; Gustavus Fox; the 1916 god of war
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North America 1850

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Inker(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Provost; hangman
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Penciller(s): Nathan Hale
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Character(s): Hangman; Nathan Hale
First Line: A brave woman who knew well the injustice and cruelty of slavery.
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