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The Underground Railroad : a reference guide
- Title
- The Underground Railroad : a reference guide / Kerry Walters.
- Author
- Walters, Kerry S.
- Publication
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 223 p. : ill.; 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
- Series Statement
- Guides to historic events in America
- Uniform Title
- Guides to historic events in America.
- Subjects
- Fugitive slaves > United States > History
- Slavery > United States > History
- Underground Railroad
- Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > Race relations > History > 19th century
- Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century
- African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : 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 -- Primary documents of the Underground Railroad.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-812
- ISBN
- 9781598846478 (hardcopy : acid-free paper)
- 1598846477 (hardcopy : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011041517
- OCLC
- 745980454
- Author
- Walters, Kerry S.
- Title
- The Underground Railroad : a reference guide / Kerry Walters.
- Imprint
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012.
- Series
- Guides to historic events in AmericaGuides to historic events in America.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-812