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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
- Physical Description: xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | 973.711 FONE 2015 (Text) | 39705000004621 | Main Collection | On holds shelf | - |
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