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Shectman Jonathan <1972-> |
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Titolo |
Bound for the future : child heroes of the Underground Railroad / / Jonathan Shectman |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2012 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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979-84-00-62093-5 |
979-82-16-05560-0 |
1-283-54953-0 |
9786613861986 |
0-313-39728-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Abolitionists - United States |
Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century |
Fugitive slaves - United States - History - 19th century |
Underground Railroad |
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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 (p. 201-208) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART I: Radical, Young, and Quaker: Child Pioneers of the Underground; Chapter 1 The Dictates of Humanity; Chapter 2 Knowledge Unfits a Child to Be a Slave; Chapter 3 Ran Away from the Subscriber; Chapter 4 Tell Them I Love Them All; PART II: Up Like Bucks: The Line through Ripley; Chapter 5 Let Not the Sun Go Down on Your Anger, My Boy; Chapter 6 Up Like Bucks: The Rankin Boys; Chapter 7 States of Matter Divide the States; PART III: Taking Their Freedom: Young Free Blacks and Fugitive Children; Chapter 8 Deeds of Bold Daring |
Chapter 9 Many Years under the YokeChapter 10 The Conductor Was, Himself, Presently Enslaved; Epilogue: Slavery in Our Time; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through careful, detailed consideration of a host of primary documents |
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