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Seeking freedom : a history of the underground railroad in Howard County, Maryland / edited by Paulina C. Moss and Levirn Hill ; with the assistance of Laurence Hurst, Virginia C. Lee, Wylene S. Burch ; historical consultant Joetta Cramm.
LIBRA - Rare F187.H8 S44 2002 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground Railroad--Maryland--Howard County.
- Underground Railroad.
- Fugitive slaves--Maryland--Howard County--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--Maryland--Howard County--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Antislavery movements--Maryland--Howard County--History--19th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Slavery--Maryland--Howard County--History.
- Slavery.
- Historic sites.
- Plantations.
- History.
- Howard County (Md.)--Race relations--History.
- Howard County (Md.).
- Howard County (Md.)--History--19th century.
- Howard County (Md.)--Biography.
- Plantations--Maryland--Howard County.
- Historic sites--Maryland--Howard County.
- Race relations.
- Maryland--Howard County.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) Banks Collection copy)
- Burch, Wylene S. (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 115 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 x 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, Maryland : Published and distributed by the Howard County Center of African American Culture, Inc., 2002.
- Contents:
- Part I. Emergence of Slavery in Maryland. Slavery in Howard County. Early Columbia and Columbia, a Planned Community
- Part II. Underground Railroad Stops in Howard County
- Part III. Plantation Houses in Howard County. Clarksville. Columbia, Cooksville. Daisy. Elkridge. Ellicott City. Glenelg. Glenwood. Highland. Laurel (North). Lisbon. Marriottsville. Sykesville. Woodbine.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Thunder Hill Graphics. Cover Design by Laurence Hurst and Thunder Hill Graphics."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 115).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy inscribed "Best Wishes, Wylene S. Burch HCCAAC, Inc. 8-22-02".
- ISBN:
- 0971939403
- 9780971939400
- OCLC:
- 50728274
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