Freedom roads :
Hansen, Joyce.
Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan. - 1st ed. - Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003. - xi, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.
Running South : artifacts from Fort Mose -- Land of the free : History on a ship's log -- A more perfect Union : learning from the law -- Running : The WPA slave narratives -- Steal away : the enslaved speak through spirituals -- I will be heard : archaeology meets an oral tradition -- midnight seekers after liberty : anecdotes and memories uncover the past -- The last stop : outrunning the fugitive slave laws -- A mystery : when history keeps a secret -- The search continues.
Shows how archaeologists and historians sift through root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct the Underground Railroad, offering a look at the escape routes used by American slaves.
0812626737 : $18.95
2002013711
Underground railroad.
Slaves--History.--United States
Slaves--History--United States--Sources.
African Americans--History--Sources.
African Americans--Antiquities.
Abolitionists--History.--United States
Abolitionists--History--United States--Sources.
Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.
United States--Local history.
United States--Antiquities.
E450 / .H26 2003
973.7/115
Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan. - 1st ed. - Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003. - xi, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.
Running South : artifacts from Fort Mose -- Land of the free : History on a ship's log -- A more perfect Union : learning from the law -- Running : The WPA slave narratives -- Steal away : the enslaved speak through spirituals -- I will be heard : archaeology meets an oral tradition -- midnight seekers after liberty : anecdotes and memories uncover the past -- The last stop : outrunning the fugitive slave laws -- A mystery : when history keeps a secret -- The search continues.
Shows how archaeologists and historians sift through root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct the Underground Railroad, offering a look at the escape routes used by American slaves.
0812626737 : $18.95
2002013711
Underground railroad.
Slaves--History.--United States
Slaves--History--United States--Sources.
African Americans--History--Sources.
African Americans--Antiquities.
Abolitionists--History.--United States
Abolitionists--History--United States--Sources.
Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.
United States--Local history.
United States--Antiquities.
E450 / .H26 2003
973.7/115