1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459577203321

Autore

Griffler Keith P.

Titolo

Front line of freedom : African Americans and the forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley / / Keith P. Griffler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2010

©2004

ISBN

0-8131-3008-5

0-8131-4986-X

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Ohio River Valley Series

Disciplina

973.7/115

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

Ohio River Valley History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

River of slavery, river of freedom -- No promised land -- Home over Jordan -- Band of angels -- Egypt's border -- Prelude to exodus.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00263725

Autore

MCGILVARY, Daniel

Titolo

Half century among the Siamese and the Lao : An autobiography / by Daniel McGilvary ; with an appreciation by Arthur J. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fleming H. Revell Company, [19..]

Descrizione fisica

435 p. ; 20 cm

Classificazione

TAI VIII B

Soggetti

VIAGGI E VIAGGIATORI - LAOS

VIAGGI E VIAGGIATORI - THAILANDIA - SEC. XX

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996417446303316

Titolo

Carta económica regional : CER

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guadalajara, Jalisco, México : , : Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales, Universidad de Guadalajara, , [1988]-

ISSN

2683-2852

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

330.972/35/005

Soggetti

Economic history

Periodicals.

Jalisco (Mexico) Economic conditions Periodicals

Mexico Economic conditions 1982-1994 Periodicals

Mexico Economic conditions 1994- Periodicals

Mexico

Mexico Jalisco

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover.



Issues for <marzo-abr. de 1998-> lack subtitle.