Bound for Canaan : the Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America / Fergus M. Bordewich.
A history of the Underground Railroad as the movement reflected America's moral complexities and political divisiveness offers insight into the role played by the nation's westward expansion, the spiritual beliefs that motivated each side of the conflict, and the efforts of black and white citizens to save tens of thousands of lives.
Item details
- ISBN: 0060524308
- ISBN: 9780060524302
- ISBN: 0060524316
- ISBN: 9780060524319
- ISBN: 9780006395539
- ISBN: 0006395538
- Physical Description: xv, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Amistad, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-519) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Beginnings: 1800 to 1830: An evil without remedy ; The fate of millions unborn ; A gadfly in Philadelphia ; The hand of God in North Carolina ; The spreading stain -- pt. II. Connections: The 1830s: Free as sure as the devil ; Fanatics, disorganizers, and disturbers of the peace ; The grandest revolution the world has ever seen ; A whole-souled man -- pt. III. Confrontation: The 1840s: Across the Ohio ; The car of freedom ; Our watchword is ONWARD ; The saltwater underground -- pt. IV. Victory: The 1850s: A disease of the body politic ; Do we call this the land of the free? ; General Tubman ; Laboratories of freedom ; The last train. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.3 35.0 114138. |
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