{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-a-reference-guide-paperback","title":"The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerry Walters\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine \"liberty lines\" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom-including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life \"Eliza\" and \"Uncle Tom\" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry Walters\u003c\/b\u003e is the William Bittinger Professor of Philosophy and professor of peace and justice studies at Gettysburg College, USA. He is the author or editor of over 20 books, including \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Franklin and His Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Deists: Early America's Rational Infidels\u003c\/i\u003e, and a critical edition of Thomas Paine's \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749587878176,"sku":"9798765115015","price":55.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d810cd13bff85100e758f04a024d564c.webp?v=1779934206","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad-a-reference-guide-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}