The Liberty Line
Subtitle: The Legend of the Underground Railroad
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Published: February 1980
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780813101156
Subjects: Slavery in the U.S; Underground railroad; United States; Fugitive slaves
First sentence: THOUSANDS WHO attended the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 saw a painting by Charles T. Webber entitled "The Underground Railroad"; this dramatic picture showed a large family of fugitives arriving at the home of Levi Coffin of Cincinnati, who, with his wife and friends, was guiding the shivering and frightened Negroes through the snow to shelter.