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Organized in antebellum America to help slaves escape to freedom, the Underground Railroad was cloaked in secrecy and operated at great peril to everyone involved. The system was extremely active in Pennsylvania, with routes in all parts of the state. This book retraces those routes, discusses the large city networks, identifies the houses and sites where escapees found refuge, and records the names of the people who risked their lives to support the operation.
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Includes detailed maps of the known routes and railroad sites.
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The old adage "desperate times call for desperate measures" sums up many of the escape attempts made by slaves during the era of the Underground Railroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
major escape route, aided runaways, underground railroad, escape network, foldout map, abolitionist papers, central route, eastern route, many runaways, escape paths Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Washington County, William Still, Beaver County, Union City, Anti-Slavery Society, Greene County, Erie County, Lake Erie, Monongahela River, National Road, Ohio River, West Middletown, York Springs, Montgomery County, Lancaster County, New Jersey, Susquehanna River, New Brighton, Turkey Foot, United States, Delaware County, Indiana County, Bedford-Clearfield Route, Cambridge Springs New!
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The old adage "desperate times call for desperate measures" sums up many of the escape attempts made by slaves during the era of the Underground Railroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
major escape route, aided runaways, underground railroad, escape network, foldout map, abolitionist papers, central route, eastern route, many runaways, escape paths Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Washington County, William Still, Beaver County, Union City, Anti-Slavery Society, Greene County, Erie County, Lake Erie, Monongahela River, National Road, Ohio River, West Middletown, York Springs, Montgomery County, Lancaster County, New Jersey, Susquehanna River, New Brighton, Turkey Foot, United States, Delaware County, Indiana County, Bedford-Clearfield Route, Cambridge Springs New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom by Wilbur H. Siebert on 61 pages
- Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad by Charles L. Blockson on 60 pages
- The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania by Charles L. Blockson on 23 pages
- History of the Underground Railroad by R. C. Smedley on 12 pages
- Washington County (GA) (Images of America) by Washington County Historical Society on 7 pages
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- Underground Railroad in New Jersey And New York by William J. Switala on 6 pages
- History Of The Underground Railroad in Chester and The Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania by R. C. Smedley in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Underground Railroad in Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia by William J. Switala in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- In Pursuit of Freedom: Teaching the Underground Railroad by William Kashatus on page 5, and page 21
- Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America by Fergus Bordewich in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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