Bound for Canaan; The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America.BOUND FOR CANAAN; THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Underground Railroad, in U.S. history, loosely organized system for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada or to areas of safety in free states. It was run by local groups of Northern abolitionists, both white and free blacks. AND THE WAR FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA. Fergus M. Bordewich. 2005. Read by the author. 5 cds. 6 hrs. abridged. Harper Audio. 0-06-076064-8. $29.95. Cardboard; content, author notes. SA As early as 1800, there were those who aided runaway slaves to freedom in the Northern states and Canada. The first section of Bordewich's chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic adj. 1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence. 2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. history of the Underground Railroad covers the period 1800-1830, including data and statistics about the pervasiveness of slavery even as early as 1619, as Jamestown was being settled. Ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. sections are by decade as he describes some of the individuals who played a major role in organizing a loose network of determined individuals into a system of sympathetic participants in providing shelter, food, clothing and transportation for those who sought their freedom. The author's interest in his topic is obvious as he describes the lives and courageous deeds of those unsung heroes who aided more than 100,000 slaves to escape in the years before the Civil War. Bordewich used information from letters, memoirs mem·oir n. 1. An account of the personal experiences of an author. 2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural. 3. A biography or biographical sketch. 4. , autobiographies, tax records and slave narratives slave narrative Account of the life, or a major portion of the life, of a fugitive or former slave, either written or orally related by the slave himself or herself. passed through generations in compiling his research, filling a gap in a familiar area where not much has been written in detail. Along with this scholarly work, the opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in downtown Cincinnati in August 2004 provides us with further indications that the Underground Railroad truly was our nation's first civil rights movement, as the author asserts. Carol Kellerman, Lib/Media Spec., Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , NM |
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