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Autore |
Griffler Keith P. |
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Titolo |
Front line of freedom : African Americans and the forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley / / Keith P. Griffler |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2010 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-3008-5 |
0-8131-4986-X |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Underground Railroad - Ohio River Valley |
Fugitive slaves - Ohio River Valley - History - 19th century |
African Americans - Ohio River Valley - History - 19th century |
Antislavery movements - Ohio River Valley - History - 19th century |
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Ohio River Valley History 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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River of slavery, river of freedom -- No promised land -- Home over Jordan -- Band of angels -- Egypt's border -- Prelude to exodus. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 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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