The Resource Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad, Eric Foner
Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad, Eric Foner
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- Summary
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner relates the dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Introduction: rethinking the underground railroad
- Slavery and freedom in New York
- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee
- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s
- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community
- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850's
- The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850's
- The end of the underground railroad
- Isbn
- 9780393244076
- Label
- Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad
- Title
- Gateway to freedom
- Title remainder
- the hidden history of the underground railroad
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Foner
- Subject
-
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists
- trueAfrican Americans -- History
- trueAnti-slavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueFugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Enslavement
- trueSlavery -- United States -- History
- trueUnderground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner relates the dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom
- Summary
- Traces the workings of the Underground Railroad in slave-dependent New York by three heroes who coordinated with black dockworkers and counterparts in other states to help thousands of fugitive slaves between 1830 and 1860
- Award
- American History Book Prize, 2015.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10392099
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Foner, Eric
- Dewey number
- 973.7/115
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E450
- LC item number
- .F66 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Underground Railroad
- Fugitive slaves
- Antislavery movements
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the hidden history of the Underground Railroad
- Label
- Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad, Eric Foner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850's -- The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850's -- The end of the underground railroad
- Control code
- 20371755
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393244076
- Lccn
- 2014036993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- Label
- Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad, Eric Foner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: rethinking the underground railroad -- Slavery and freedom in New York -- Origins of the underground railroad: The New York Vigilance Committee -- A patchwork system: the underground railroad in the 1840s -- The Fugitive Slave Law and the crisis of the Black community -- The metropolitan corridor: the underground railroad in the 1850's -- The record of fugitives: an account of runaway slaves in the 1850's -- The end of the underground railroad
- Control code
- 20371755
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiii, 301 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393244076
- Lccn
- 2014036993
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
Subject
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAbolitionists
- trueAfrican Americans -- History
- trueAnti-slavery movements
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueFugitive slaves
- trueFugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American | Enslavement
- trueSlavery -- United States -- History
- trueUnderground Railroad
- Underground Railroad -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
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