01690cam a2200325 i 4500 18445858 AUA.1 20220204110200.0 150112s2015 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 2014036993 9780393244076 (hardcover) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc n-us--- E450 .F66 2015 973.7/115 23 Foner, Eric, 1943- Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / Eric Foner. First edition. New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & company, c2015. xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850s -- The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad. Underground railroad. Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century. Antislavery movements United States History 19th century. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc DWBSLC E 450 .F66 2015 23282 23282 0 0 lcc 0 0 DWBSLC AUA.1 AUA.1 SPEC 2022-02-04 Donation, Dr. Delbert Baker 25.00 AUA25779 E 450 .F66 2015 AUA25779 2022-02-04 00:00:00 25.00 2022-02-04 DWBSLC