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Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley.
The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white ""conductors"" and black ""passengers."" Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2010.
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| Colección: | Ohio River Valley series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white ""conductors"" and black ""passengers."" Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led ""stations"" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (188 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813149868 081314986X |