Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley
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1. Verfasser: Griffler, Keith P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lexington The University Press of Kentucky 2010
Schriftenreihe:Ohio River Valley series
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Preface; 1. River of Slavery, River of Freedom; 2. No Promised Land; 3. Home Over Jordan; 4. Band of Angels; 5. Egypt's Border; 6. Prelude to Exodus; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white ""conductors"" and black ""passengers."" Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led ""stations"" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in
Beschreibung:188 pages
ISBN:9780813149868
081314986X
0813122988
9780813122984

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