Mary Ellen Snodgrass

The Underground Railroad

An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 361mm x 239mm x 69mm
• Gewicht: 2654g
• ISBN-13: 9780765680938
• ISBN-10: 0765680939
• Artikelnr.: 24621027

Autorenporträt

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Maps
A-Z Entries
Chronology of the Underground Railroad
Appendix A: Genealogies
Appendix B: Passengers of the Underground Railroad
Appendix C: Underground Railroad Operatives by State and Province
Primary Source Bibliography
Secondary Source Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index