Fleeing for Freedom
Stories of the Underground Railroad
224th Edition
Published on 17. November 2003
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-56663-545-5 (ISBN)
Description
Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War. A colorful yet balanced portrait.-William L. Van Deburg.
More details
Edition
224th ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56663-545-5 (9781566635455)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Willene Hendrick | George Hendrick
Fleeing for Freedom
Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still
E-Book
11/2003
1st Edition
Ivan R. Dee
€11.99
Available for download
Persons
George and Willene Hendrick are independent scholars and researchers who together have written The Creole Mutiny, and edited Two Slave Rebellions at Sea and several collections of Carl Sandburg's poems. George Hendrick, formerly professor of English at the University of Illinois, has also edited To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones. The Hendricks live in Urbana, Illinois.