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

By: Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393244076 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/115 23
LOC classification:
  • E450 .F66 2015
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks E450 .F66 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001357119

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.

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