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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad /

Foner, Eric, 1943-

Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / Eric Foner. - First edition. - xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: 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.

9780393244076 (hardcover)

2014036993


Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves--History--United States--19th century.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.

E450 / .F66 2015

973.7/115

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