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Autore |
Wagner Tricia Martineau |
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It happened on the underground railroad / / Tricia Martineau Wagner |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Globe Pequot, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Underground Railroad |
Fugitive slaves - United States |
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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""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BAKER�S SPECIAL. Nathan and Polly Johnson, New Bedford Caterers (1834)""; ""SEVEN YEARS IN HIDING. Harriet Ann Jacobs�s Confinement (1835)""; ""THE DEVIL. Lindsey Payne�s Longest Run (1838)""; ""THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. “Eliza�s� River Run (1838)""; ""I HAVE COME BACK. “Eliza� Reappears (1841)""; ""THE TWELVE-YEAR MISTAKE. Solomon Northup�s Ordeal (1841)""; ""A WOLF IN SHEEP�S CLOTHES. Laura Smith Haviland and the Slave Catchers (1846)""; ""MY BETTER HALF. Tom and Liz�s Big Fight (1847)"" |
""READING THE STARS. Barney Ford, Civil Rights Pioneer (1847)""""THE ART OF PASSING. Ellen and William Craft: Masters of Disguise (1848)""; ""AT WHAT PRICE? Captain Daniel Drayton and the Pearl (1848)""; ""CAUGHT BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE. Mary Walker and the Camerons (1848)""; ""THE ELEVENTH HOUR. Samuel D. Burris, Abolitionist (1848)""; ""THE LETTER OF THE LAW. The Case of Daggs v. Frazier, et al. (1848)""; ""THIS SIDE UP. Henry Brown�s Mail Delivery (1849)""; ""READ ALL ABOUT IT!. Lear Green�s Love Story (1850)""; ""REMEMBER ME. William Still�s Discovery (1850)"" |
""MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. Peter Still�s Plan (1851)""""UP A TREE. Charles Gilbert, Higee Hotel Resident (1854)""; ""DOWNRIVER. John Fairfield�s Fury (Mid-1850s)""; ""WHERE TO, SIR? Ann Maria Weems, Teenage Freedom-Seeker (1855)""; ""NOT MY CHILD. Margaret Garner�s |
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Heart-Wrenching Decision (1856)""; ""FREEDOM TRAIN. John Thompson�s Railroad (1857)""; ""IN THE DARK OF NIGHT. Arnold Gragston�s Freedom Boat (1859)""; ""WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. Mattie Jane Jackson�s Revenge (1864)""; ""ON A DARE. John Parker�s Double Life (Mid-1860s)""; ""UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FACTS AND TRIVIA"" |
""BIBLIOGRAPHY""""INDEX""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous "road" to freedom. Read about Peter Still, a former slave who came to the Philadelphia Antislavery Society in search of his family, only to discover that the man sitting in front of him was his brother. Meet the individuals who may have inspired characters in the novels Uncle Tom's Cabin and Beloved. And experience the heart-pounding fear of a man who mailed himself north. |
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