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Gateway To Freedom (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series) by DeWitt Professor of History Eric (Columbia University). Foner; Eric Foner is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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A deeply entrenched institution, slavery lived on legally and commercially even in the northern states that had abolished it after the American Revolution. Slaves could be found in the streets of New York well after abolition, traveling with owners doing business with the city's major banks, merchants, and manufacturers. New York was also home to the North's largest free black community, making it a magnet for fugitive slaves seeking refuge. Slave catchers and gangs of kidnappers roamed the city
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- DeWitt Professor of History Eric (Columbia University). Foner; Eric Foner
- Publisher
- Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781410478511
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, 19th Century, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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