The underground, freedom's road
Subtitle: and other upstate tales.
Publisher: Manufactured by American Book-Stratford Press; distributed by Seneca Book Binding Co., Rochester, N.Y.
Published: 1963
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Underground railroad -- New York (State); Fugitive slaves -- New York (State); New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; New York (State) -- History, Local
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments -- A vast, silent conspiracy -- In the early years -- “That damnable law” -- A female “Moses” -- Frederick the Great -- One-man underground -- Tribune of the people -- From Flour City to freedom -- “Humanity’s friend” -- Of hearses and havens -- The trails of Wayne -- 22 days in a box -- “The medicine man” -- On to the Niagara -- Southwest passage -- Tar and feathers -- Secret journeys -- The 4 a.m. Train -- Around the lakes -- “The Jerry rescue” -- The jumping off place -- Lincoln’s beard -- The “lost” flag -- Grant’s Indian -- Drummer girl? -- The sourdoughs.