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Front Line of Freedom African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813149868
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E450 .F766 2010
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Contents:
Subject: 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 inches.
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Includes bibliographies 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 inches.

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