03020nam 2200709 450 991045957720332120200520144314.00-8131-3008-50-8131-4986-X(CKB)3710000000333869(EBL)1914988(SSID)ssj0001402022(PQKBManifestationID)11890665(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402022(PQKBWorkID)11351953(PQKB)11327681(MiAaPQ)EBC1914988(OCoLC)901309249(MdBmJHUP)muse43777(Au-PeEL)EBL1914988(CaPaEBR)ebr11011625(CaONFJC)MIL690731(OCoLC)900344248(EXLCZ)99371000000033386920150205h20102004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFront line of freedom African Americans and the forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley /Keith P. GrifflerPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2010.©20041 online resource (188 p.)Ohio River Valley SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-59449-X 0-8131-2298-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.River of slavery, river of freedom -- No promised land -- Home over Jordan -- Band of angels -- Egypt's border -- Prelude to exodus.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 inOhio River Valley series.Underground RailroadOhio River ValleyFugitive slavesOhio River ValleyHistory19th centuryAfrican AmericansOhio River ValleyHistory19th centuryAntislavery movementsOhio River ValleyHistory19th centuryOhio River ValleyHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Underground RailroadFugitive slavesHistoryAfrican AmericansHistoryAntislavery movementsHistory973.7/115Griffler Keith P.1045783MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459577203321Front line of freedom2472289UNINA