Title Bound for Canaan : the Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America / Fergus M. Bordewich.

Publication Info.	New York : Amistad, [2005]
	©2005

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xv, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-519) and index.
Summary	A history of the Underground Railroad as the movement reflected America's moral complexities and political divisiveness offers insight into the role played by the nation's westward expansion, the spiritual beliefs that motivated each side of the conflict, and the efforts of black and white citizens to save tens of thousands of lives.
Contents	pt. 1. Beginnings: 1800 to 1830: An evil without remedy ; The fate of millions unborn ; A gadfly in Philadelphia ; The hand of God in North Carolina ; The spreading stain -- pt. II. Connections: The 1830s: Free as sure as the devil ; Fanatics, disorganizers, and disturbers of the peace ; The grandest revolution the world has ever seen ; A whole-souled man -- pt. III. Confrontation: The 1840s: Across the Ohio ; The car of freedom ; Our watchword is ONWARD ; The saltwater underground -- pt. IV. Victory: The 1850s: A disease of the body politic ; Do we call this the land of the free? ; General Tubman ; Laboratories of freedom ; The last train.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR UG 10.3 35.0 114138.
Subject	Underground Railroad.
	Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00794478
	Antislavery movements. (OCoLC)fst00810800
	Fugitive slaves. (OCoLC)fst00935940
	Underground Railroad. (OCoLC)fst01160987
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America
ISBN	9780060524302 (acid-free paper)
	0060524308 (acid-free paper)
	9780060524319 (paperback)
	0060524316 (paperback)
	9780006395539 (paperback)
	0006395538 (paperback)

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