Publication

2013-12-12 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

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  • Amazon025207954X

Classifications

  • LCCF450 .L37 2013

Description

This study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche focuses instead on free African American communities, the crucial help they provided to individuals fleeing slavery, and the terrain where those flights to freedom occurred.

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Other Editions

  • Free Black Communities and the Underground RailroadPaperbackUniversity of Illinois Press2013-12-12

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