The Underground Railroad : a reference guide /
Walters, Kerry S.
The Underground Railroad : a reference guide / Kerry Walters. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012. - x, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Guides to historic events in America . - Guides to historic events in America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the Underground Railroad : legend and reality -- Resisting ol' massa: modes of slave defiance -- Following the drinking gourd : fleeing servitude -- Riding the liberty line : Underground Railroad routes -- Laying the track above ground : overt defiance and rescues -- Crossing into Canaan : the Underground Railroad's Canadian terminus -- Conclusion -- The end of the line -- Biographies : personalities of the Underground Railroad -- Primary documents of the Underground Railroad.
Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons--white and black, men and women, from all walks of life--to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. --from publisher description
1598846477 : HRD $58.00 9781598846478
Abc-Clio Inc, Customer Service Dept Po Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93116 SAN 857-7099
2011041517
Underground Railroad.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Fugitive slaves--History.--United States
Abolitionists--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--History.--United States
African Americans--Social conditions--History--19th century.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
E450 / .W323 2012
973.7/115
The Underground Railroad : a reference guide / Kerry Walters. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2012. - x, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Guides to historic events in America . - Guides to historic events in America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the Underground Railroad : legend and reality -- Resisting ol' massa: modes of slave defiance -- Following the drinking gourd : fleeing servitude -- Riding the liberty line : Underground Railroad routes -- Laying the track above ground : overt defiance and rescues -- Crossing into Canaan : the Underground Railroad's Canadian terminus -- Conclusion -- The end of the line -- Biographies : personalities of the Underground Railroad -- Primary documents of the Underground Railroad.
Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons--white and black, men and women, from all walks of life--to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. --from publisher description
1598846477 : HRD $58.00 9781598846478
Abc-Clio Inc, Customer Service Dept Po Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93116 SAN 857-7099
2011041517
Underground Railroad.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Fugitive slaves--History.--United States
Abolitionists--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--History.--United States
African Americans--Social conditions--History--19th century.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
E450 / .W323 2012
973.7/115