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Autore |
Hodges Graham Russell <1946-> |
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Titolo |
David Ruggles [[electronic resource] ] : a radical black abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City / / Graham Russell Gao Hodges |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Collana |
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The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture |
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Soggetti |
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Abolitionists - New York (State) - New York |
Abolitionists - Massachusetts |
African American abolitionists - New York (State) - New York |
African American abolitionists - Massachusetts |
Underground Railroad - New York (State) - New York |
Underground Railroad - Massachusetts |
Antislavery movements - New York (State) - New York - History |
Antislavery movements - Massachusetts - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Contents; Introduction; ONE: A Revolutionary Childhood; TWO: An Apprentice Abolitionist in Post-Emancipation New York City; THREE: Making Practical Abolitionism; FOUR: Melding Black Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad; FIVE: Abolitionist and Physician; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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David Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, publisher, and hydrotherapist who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass. A forceful, courageous voice for black freedom, Ruggles mentored |
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