Book
Gateway to Freedom : The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad / Eric Foner.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393244075
- ISBN: 9780393244076 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-275) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad : the New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system : the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor : the underground railroad in the 1850s -- The record of fugitives : an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Underground Railroad. Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century. Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | E 450 .F66 2015 | 30775305484199 | General Collection | Available | - |
Author Notes
Gateway to Freedom : The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Eric Foner is the preeminent historian of his generation. His books have won the top awards in the profession, and he has been president of both major history organizations, the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He is the author of Give Me Liberty!, which displays all of his trademark strengths as a scholar, teacher, and writer. A specialist on the Civil War/Reconstruction period, he regularly teaches the nineteenth-century survey at Columbia University, where he is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History. In 2011, Foner's The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize. His Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad is a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography)
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