The Underground Railroad From Slavery to Freedom - A Comprehensive History

Klappentext Interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and other firsthand accounts shed much light on the origins of a system that provided aid to fugitive slaves. 46 black-and-white illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Sources of the History of the Underground RailroadII. Origin and Growth of the Underground RoadIII. The Methods of the Underground RailroadIV. Underground Agents, Station-Keepers, or ConductorsV. Study of the Map of the Underground Railroad SystemVI. Abduction of Slaves from the SouthVII. Life of the Colored Refugees in CanadaVIII. Fugitive Settlers in the Northern StatesIX. Prosecutions of Underground Railroad MenX. The Underground Railroad in PoliticsXI. Effect of the Underground Railroad Illustrations, Portraits, Facsimiles and Maps

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• Authors: Ian Frederick Finseth, Ian Frederick Siebert Finseth, Wilbur H. Siebert, Wilbur Henry Siebert, Wilbur Henry/ Hart Siebert
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2006
• EAN: 9780486450391
• ISBN: 978-0-486-45039-1
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: African American; Dover African-American Books; African American; Dover African-American Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous