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They Were Often Running With Nothing To Call Their Own And A Price On Their Heads To A Place In The North Known Only As The Promised Land; They Were Dependent Upon The Kindness And Trust Of Strangers Known Only For A Fleeting Moment - Strangers Who Might Warm Them, Feed Them, Clothe And Shelter Them For A Night Then Shuttle The Fugitive Slaves On To The Next Station. Though Many Slaves Were American Born, African-americans Were Denied The Right To Freedom. Their Struggle To Gain That Freedom Has Been Traced Back To 1786 And A Fugitive Slave Owned By George Washington. The Underground Railroad Could Only Save Few From Shackles Until The End Of The Civil War In 1865. Pursuit Began In The South, But Few People Know That Slave Hunters, After The Passage Of The Fugitive Slave Law Of 1850, Were Allowed To Capture Their Bounty In Northern Free States, Where Slaves Were Still Considered Property That Would Be Forcibly Returned To Southern Owners. This Book Chronicles Not Only The Paths That Were Taken By Fugitive Slaves, But The Land And The People That Were The Answers To Many Prayers For Deliverance. Within The Homes Of Underground Railroad Conductors There Were False Walls, Cellars And

Who reads Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad?

Author

Blockson, Charles L.

Publisher

Hippocrene Books, Incorporated

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780781802536

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

2.9 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14