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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the Underground Railroad
Title:
Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the Underground Railroad
ISBN:
9781622315901
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, MN : HighBridge Audio, 2015.
Physical Description:
8 sound discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact disc.
Contents:
Rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad : the New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system : the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor : the underground railroad in the 1850s -- The record of fugitives : an account of runaway slaves in the 1850s -- The end of the underground railroad.
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Summary:
The New York Vigilance Committee was organized by free blacks working with white abolitionists to protect blacks from kidnappers and slave catchers on the streets. Soon such committees proliferated in the North, and began a collaboration known as the underground railroad. Until now, their stories have remained largely unknown. Building on fresh evidence, Eric Foner elevates the underground railroad from folklore to history.
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