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The Underground Railroad : a reference guide
Author
Title
The Underground Railroad : a reference guide / Kerry Walters.
ISBN
9781598846478 (hardcopy : acid-free paper)
1598846477 (hardcopy : acid-free paper)
9781598846485 (ebook)
1598846485 (ebook)
Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012.
Physical Description
x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons--white and black, men and women, from all walks of life--to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. --from publisher description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 18, 2024
Series
Guides to historic events in America.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Underground Railroad : legend and reality
Resisting Ol' Massa : modes of slave defiance
Following the drinking gourd : fleeing servitude
Riding the Liberty Line : Underground Railroad routes
Laying the track above ground : overt defiance and rescues
Crossing into Canaan : the Underground Railroad's Canadian terminus
Conclusion
The end of the line
Biographies : personalities of the Underground Railroad
Appendix. Primary documents of the Underground Railroad.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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