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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad Cover Image Book Book

Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / Eric Foner.

Foner, Eric, 1943- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Available copies

  • 6 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
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Holds

  • 1 current hold with 8 total copies.
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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 -
Baker County Library 973.7115 .F673g 2015 (Text) 37814002874163 NON-FICTION Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande 973.711 F673 (Text) 35178001499931 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Hood River County Library 973.7115 FON 2015 (Text) 33892100254045 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview 973.7115 FONER (Text) 37620000956187 Adult Non-Fiction In transit -
OTLD Heppner Branch 973.7 FON (Text) 37818000154106 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Ontario Community Library 973.7 FONER (Text) 33330004425064 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library 973.7 FON (Text) 33892005889416 Non-Fiction Available -

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