Title Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley.

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Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

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Description	1 online resource (188 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Ohio River Valley Series
	Ohio River Valley series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Foreword; Preface; 1. River of Slavery, River of Freedom; 2. No Promised Land; 3. Home Over Jordan; 4. Band of Angels; 5. Egypt's Border; 6. Prelude to Exodus; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary	The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white ""conductors"" and black ""passengers."" Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led ""stations"" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in.
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Subject	Underground Railroad -- Ohio River Valley.
	Underground Railroad.
	Ohio River Valley.
	Fugitive slaves -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
	Fugitive slaves.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	African Americans -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans.
	Antislavery movements -- Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
	Antislavery movements.
	Ohio River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Griffler, Keith P. Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813122984
ISBN	9780813149868 (electronic book)
	081314986X (electronic book)
	0813122988 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
	9780813122984 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)

Title Front Line of Freedom : African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley.

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