Hauntings of the Underground Railroad : Ghosts of the Midwest /

"Before the Civil War, a network of secret routes and safe houses crisscrossed the Midwest to help African Americans travel north to escape slavery. Although many slaves were able to escape to the safety of Canada, others met untimely deaths on the treacherous journey--and some of these unfortu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ammeson, Jane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Underground Railroad.
Haunted places.
Ghosts.
Apparitions.
Apparitions > Middle West.
Ghosts > Middle West.
Haunted places > Middle West.
Middle West.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Phantom of the cellar
  • Spirits of the waters
  • Sold down the river: the reverse underground railroad
  • Lincoln walks at midnight
  • Outwitting the devil
  • Ghostly overload
  • A room with a ghoul
  • John Hunt Morgan
  • The last trip home
  • Michigan's haunted underground railroad
  • The conductor and the slave: the story of Levi Coffin and William Bush
  • Restless spirits
  • There should be ghosts!

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