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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / Eric Foner.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & company, c2015.Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393244076 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/115 23
LOC classification:
  • E450 .F66 2015
Contents:
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.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
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Judith Thomas Library Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection DWB Special Leadership Collection E 450 .F66 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA25779 Available AUA25779

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.