TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walters,Kerry S.
TI  - The Underground Railroad: a reference guide 
T2  - Guides to historic events in America
SN  - 1598846477 : HRD
AV  - E450 .W323 2012
U1  - 973.7/115 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Underground Railroad
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Fugitive slaves
KW  - Abolitionists
KW  - Slavery
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Race relations
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -