The Ballad of the Underground Railroad

The Ballad of the Underground Railroad
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 26
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ISBN-10 : 9781434359858
ISBN-13 : 1434359859
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Book Synopsis The Ballad of the Underground Railroad by : Charles L. Blockson

Download or read book The Ballad of the Underground Railroad written by Charles L. Blockson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades or more, America has witnessed a healthy renewal of interest of the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is a story of suffering, bravery, secret codes, heroic deeds, treachery and lofty ideas. It is a story about the best and the worst of human kind. Disconnected and daring escapees hoped that the North Star would guide them to stations on the burgeoning Underground Railroad; which by the early 1830's still did not have a name. The word spread from plantation to plantation, city to city, town to town; first in whispers and then out right talk, there was a railroad to freedom. Invisible though it may have been, the Underground Railroad had numerous agents, conductors and stations throughout the secret freedom network. Slave owners of course, looked upon the Underground Railroad as organized theft. Under the constitution of the United States slavery was lawful and slaves were property. Although assisting escapees along the freedom network meant breaking the law. Yet, people like Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor did so eagerly. The Underground Railroad remained active until the end of the Civil war.


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