Foner, Eric,  1943- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393244076 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014036993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Underground Railroad.<br/>Fugitive slaves--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E450  / .F66 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/115