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Informationen zum Autor By Tricia Martineau Wagner Klappentext From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous "road" to freedom. Read about Peter Still, a former slave who came to the Philadelphia Antislavery Society in search of his family, only to discover that the man sitting in front of him was his brother. Meet the individuals who may have inspired characters in the novels Uncle Tom's Cabin and Beloved. Learn about the bakery where Frederick Douglass was first helped to freedom. Andexperience the heart-pounding fear of a man who mailed himself north. Zusammenfassung From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous “road” to freedom. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSelected Routes of the Underground Railroad The Twelve-Year Mistake-1841On a Dare-Mid 1860sWhat Goes Around Comes Around-1864In the Dark of Night-1859Downriver-Mid 1850sMy Better Half-1846Remember Me-1850Mission Impossible-1851This Side Up-1849 Seven Years in Hiding-1835Freedom Train-1857Read All About It!-1850The Art of Passing-1848The House on the Hill-1838I Have Come Back-1841At What Price?-1848The Devil-1838A Wolf in Sheep's Clothes-1846Caught Between Black and White-1848Baker's Special-Mid 1840sWhere To, Sir?-1855Reading the Stars-1847The Eleventh Hour-1848The Letter of the Law-1848Not My Child-1856Up a Tree-1854Underground Railroad Facts and TriviaBibliographyIndexAbout the Author
