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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.
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Bound for Canaan: the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America
2005, Amistad
in English
- 1st ed.
0060524308 9780060524302
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Table of Contents
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. 2. 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. 3. Confrontation: The 1840s.
Across the Ohio
The car of freedom
Our watchword is ONWARD
The saltwater underground
pt. 4. 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-519).
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