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English Pages 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Year 2014
Table of contents :
Slavery and abolition --
River of slavery, river of freedom --
The Underground Railroad begins --
Routes and stations --
Friends for fugitive African Americans --
Individuals and cases of note --
The Underground Railroad and memory.