The Underground Railroad
Subtitle: a reference guide
By: Kerry Walters
Series: Guides to historic events in America
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781598846478; 9781598846485
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; Underground railroad; History; Slavery; Antislavery movements
Description: Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons--white and black, men and women, from all walks of life--to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Underground Railroad : legend and reality; title: Resisting ol' massa: modes of slave defiance; title: Following the drinking gourd : fleeing servitude; title: Riding the liberty line : Underground Railroad routes; title: Laying the track above ground : overt defiance and rescues; title: Crossing into Canaan : the Underground Railroad's Canadian terminus; title: Conclusion; title: The end of the line; title: Biographies : personalities of the Underground Railroad; title: Primary documents of the Underground Railroad.