Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley

Englisch

Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015

Online-Ressource (188 p)

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Print version: Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley

978-0-8131-2298-4

978-0-8131-4986-8 : 20.49 (NL)

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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

*Electronic books

*African Americans ; Ohio River Valley ; History ; 19th century ; Antislavery movements ; Ohio River Valley ; History ; 19th century ; Fugitive slaves ; Ohio River Valley ; History ; 19th century ; Ohio River Valley ; History ; 19th century ; Underground Railroad ; Ohio River Valley ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: E450 .G82 2015

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 973.7/115 ; 973.7115;

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

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