num_pages: 480
description: The freedom of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn became a cause célèbre in the mid 1830s, sparking a race riot in Detroit &amp; a diplomatic incident with Canada. Runaway slaves, Thornton &amp; Lucie eventually settled in Toronto &amp; worked tirelessly with other abolitionists against the slavery they had left behind in the Southern States.
language: English
title: I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
titlecomplete: I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
genres: Canada, Civil War, Biography, American History, African American, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 204
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux