Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley.
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- 9780813149868
- 081314986X
- Underground Railroad -- Ohio River Valley
- Fugitive slaves -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Underground Railroad -- Ohio, Vallée de l'
- Esclaves fugitifs -- Ohio, Vallée de l' -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Noirs américains -- Ohio, Vallée de l' -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Mouvements antiesclavagistes -- Ohio, Vallée de l' -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Ohio, Vallée de l' -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- African Americans
- Antislavery movements
- Fugitive slaves
- Underground Railroad
- Ohio River Valley
- 1800-1899
- 973.7/115 22
- E450 .G82 2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Preface; 1. River of Slavery, River of Freedom; 2. No Promised Land; 3. Home Over Jordan; 4. Band of Angels; 5. Egypt's Border; 6. Prelude to Exodus; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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.
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