Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0812626737 :
- Underground railroad
- Slaves -- United States -- History
- Slaves -- United States -- History -- Sources
- African Americans -- History -- Sources
- African Americans -- Antiquities
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History
- Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- Sources
- United States -- Local history
- United States -- Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States
- 973.7/115 21
- E450 .H26 2003
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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.