Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America /

Bordewich, Fergus M.

Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America / Fergus M. Bordewich. - 1st ed. - New York : Amistad, c2005. - xv, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-519).

Beginnings: 1800 to 1830 -- Connections: The 1830s -- Confrontation: The 1840s -- Victory: The 1850s.

0060524308 (acid-free paper) 9780060524302 (acid-free paper)

2004052082


Underground Railroad.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--19th century.
Fugitive slaves--History--United States--19th century.
Abolitionists--History--United States--19th century.
Abolitionisme.
Slavernij.
Weggelopen slaven.

E 450 / .B735 2005