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Dreams of Africa in Alabama
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Sylviane A. Diouf |
Sylviane A. Diouf reconstructs the lives of 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria who were brought ashore in Alabama in 1860 under cover of night, recounting their capture and passage i… |
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The liberty line
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Larry Gara |
"The underground railroad - with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains - has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of the h… |
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Fugitive slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky borderland
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J. Blaine Hudson |
"The book examines not only the landscape but the motivations and escape strategies of the fugitive and the risks involved. The reasons why people broke law and convention to befriend fugitive slaves… |
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The underground rail road
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William Still |
<p><i>The Underground Railroad </i>(1872) is a book by African-American abolitionist and Father of the Underground Railroad, William Still. The book is a collection of testimonies from nearly 650 sla… |
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From slavery to freedom
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Alfred A. Moss Jr.,John Hope Franklin,Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham |
From slavery to freedom describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free… |
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