Underground railroad produced by the Division of Publications, National Park Service

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications.

Series:

Handbook (United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications) ; 156.

Handbook ; 156

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground Railroad.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Fugitive slaves--United States--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Historic sites--United States.

Historic sites.

Physical Description:

87 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dept. of the Interior, [1998]

Summary:

By ones, twos, and threes, in the years before the Civil War thousands of enslaved people slipped through the night on their way to freedom, riding the Underground Railroad. Hidden and hunted, the escape of southern slaves to the North remains a compelling event in American history. Within the pages of this book are documented, in prose and elegantly articulate photographs, examples of "stations" on the Railroad, along with images of the routes, lives, and hardships of both the "passengers" and "conductors."

Contents:

An epic in United States history: Myth and reality / Larry Gara

From Bondage to freedom: Slavery in America / Brenda E. Stevenson

Underground Railroad / C. Peter Ripley

Tracking the past.

Notes:

Includes essays by Larry Gara, Brenda E. Stevenson, and C. Peter Ripley.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 82-85) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line -- Painting: Daniel Dashiel Warner by Thomas Sully.

ISBN:

0912627646 (pbk.)

OCLC:

38147866

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