Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley
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 in the river's port cities and towns. Front Line of Freedom full…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8131-3008-8
- EAN: 9780813130088
- Produktnummer: 37114175
- Verlag: Univ Pr Of Kentucky
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 282 g
- Gewicht: 282
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