TY - BOOK AU - Fergus M.Bordewich TI - Bound for Canaan: the Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America SN - 0060524308 AV - E450 .B735 2005 U1 - 973.7115 22 PY - 2005///] CY - New York PB - Amistad KW - Underground Railroad KW - LCSH KW - Antislavery movements KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Fugitive slaves KW - Abolitionists KW - Abolitionisme KW - gtt KW - Slavernij KW - Weggelopen slaven KW - Abolitionismus KW - gnd KW - fast KW - USA KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-519) and index; 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. II. 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. III. Confrontation: The 1840s: Across the Ohio ; The car of freedom ; Our watchword is ONWARD ; The saltwater underground -- pt. IV. 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; Accelerated Reader AR; UG; 10.3; 35.0; 114138 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0601/2004052082.html ER -