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Gateway to Freedom : The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad / Eric Foner.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner relates the dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.
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. |
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| Subject: | Underground Railroad. Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century. Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | E 450 .F66 2015 | 30775305484199 | General Collection | Available | - |