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Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad

Title
Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.
Author
Hansen, Joyce
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Cricket Books, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • McGowan, Gary
  • Ransome, James
Description
xi, 164 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
Shows how archaeologists and historians sift through root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct the Underground Railroad, offering a look at the escape routes used by American slaves.
Subject
  • Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature
  • Fugitive slaves > United States > History > Juvenile literature
  • Fugitive slaves > United States > History > Sources > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > History > Sources > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Antiquities > Juvenile literature
  • Antislavery movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature
  • Antislavery movements > United States > History > Sources > Juvenile literature
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Underground Railroad
  • Fugitive slaves
  • Antislavery movements
  • African Americans > History > Sources
  • African Americans
  • African Americans > Antiquities
  • Antiquities
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • United States > History, Local > Juvenile literature
  • United States > Antiquities > Juvenile literature
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Local history.
  • Sources.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.
Contents
Running South : artifacts from Fort Mose -- Land of the free : History on a ship's log -- A more perfect Union : learning from the law -- Running : The WPA slave narratives -- Steal away : the enslaved speak through spirituals -- I will be heard : archaeology meets an oral tradition -- midnight seekers after liberty : anecdotes and memories uncover the past -- The last stop : outrunning the fugitive slave laws -- A mystery : when history keeps a secret -- The search continues.
Call Number
Sc E 03-862
ISBN
  • 0812626737
  • 9780812626735
LCCN
2002013711
OCLC
50609344
Author
Hansen, Joyce, author.
Title
Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.
Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : Cricket Books, 2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.
Added Author
McGowan, Gary, author.
Ransome, James, ill.
Research Call Number
Sc E 03-862
J 973.71 H
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