Griffler, Keith P. <br/><br/>
Front Line of Freedom  African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley. 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (188 pages) 
 - Ohio River Valley Series .
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813149868 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Underground Railroad--Ohio River Valley.<br/>Fugitive slaves--History--Ohio River Valley--19th century.<br/>African Americans--History--Ohio River Valley--19th century.<br/>Antislavery movements--History--Ohio River Valley--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E450  / .F766 2010