Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley

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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...

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Main Author: Griffler, Keith P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves.
Antislavery movements.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves fugitifs > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Underground Railroad > Ohio, Vallee de l'.
Antislavery movements > Ohio River Valley > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Ohio River Valley > History > 19th century.
Fugitive slaves > Ohio River Valley > History > 19th century.
Underground Railroad > Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Ohio River Valley > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780813149868

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