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Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America, Fergus M. Bordewich
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 540 pages, [16] pages of plates
- 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. 2. 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. 3. Confrontation: The 1840s.
- Across the Ohio
- The car of freedom
- Our watchword is ONWARD
- The saltwater underground
- pt. 4. 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
- Label
- Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America
- Title
- Bound for Canaan
- Title remainder
- the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America
- Statement of responsibility
- Fergus M. Bordewich
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bordewich, Fergus M
- Dewey number
- 973.7/115
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E450
- LC item number
- .B735 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Underground Railroad
- Antislavery movements
- Fugitive slaves
- Abolitionists
- Abolitionisme
- Slavernij
- Weggelopen slaven
- Abolitionismus
- Underground Railroad
- USA
- Label
- Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America, Fergus M. Bordewich
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-519)
- 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. 2. 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. 3. Confrontation: The 1840s. -- Across the Ohio -- The car of freedom -- Our watchword is ONWARD -- The saltwater underground -- pt. 4. 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
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 540 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028858912
- Label
- Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America, Fergus M. Bordewich
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-519)
- 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. 2. 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. 3. Confrontation: The 1840s. -- Across the Ohio -- The car of freedom -- Our watchword is ONWARD -- The saltwater underground -- pt. 4. 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
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 540 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1028858912
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