The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A Comprehensive History (African American)
by Wilbur H. Siebert
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First published in 1898, this comprehensive history was the first documented survey of a system that helped fugitive slaves escape from areas in the antebellum South to regions as far north as Canada. Comprising fifty years of research, the text includes interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and a large number of other firsthand accounts. Together, they shed much light on the origins of a system that provided aid to runaway slaves, including the show more degree of formal organization within the movement, methods of procedure, geographical range, leadership roles show lessTags
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cited on p. 54 of Harold, "Subversives", 2003 wrt Nov. 1841 escape from William's Slave Penn on Maryland Ave
cited on p. 54 of Harold, "Subversives", 2003 wrt Nov. 1841 escape from William's Slave Penn on Maryland Ave
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