Bound for Canaan : the Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America / Fergus M. Bordewich.

By:

Fergus M. Bordewich [author.]

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Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0060524308
9780060524302
0060524316
9780060524319
9780006395539
0006395538

Other title:

Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America

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Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

973.7115 22 WI Bor

LOC classification:

E450 .B735 2005

NLM classification:

973.7115 B728b

Other classification:

15.85
NW 8295

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Table of contents

Contents:

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.

Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Rare Books Floor	973.7115 WI Bor (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		1000000069966

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-519) and index.

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.

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