LEADER 03020nam 2200709 450 001 9910459577203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3008-5 010 $a0-8131-4986-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000333869 035 $a(EBL)1914988 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001402022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11890665 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351953 035 $a(PQKB)11327681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1914988 035 $a(OCoLC)901309249 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1914988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11011625 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690731 035 $a(OCoLC)900344248 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000333869 100 $a20150205h20102004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFront line of freedom $eAfrican Americans and the forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley /$fKeith P. Griffler 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 1 $aOhio River Valley Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59449-X 311 $a0-8131-2298-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRiver of slavery, river of freedom -- No promised land -- Home over Jordan -- Band of angels -- Egypt's border -- Prelude to exodus. 330 $aThe Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white ""conductors"" and black ""passengers."" Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led ""stations"" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in 410 0$aOhio River Valley series. 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zOhio River Valley 606 $aFugitive slaves$zOhio River Valley$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zOhio River Valley$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAntislavery movements$zOhio River Valley$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aOhio River Valley$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aFugitive slaves$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 676 $a973.7/115 700 $aGriffler$b Keith P.$01045783 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459577203321 996 $aFront line of freedom$92472289 997 $aUNINA