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Author Michna-Bales, Jeanine, author, photographer.

Title Through darkness to light : photographs along the underground railroad : a photographic essay / by Jeanine Michna-Bales ; foreword by Andrew J. Young ; essays by Fergus M. Bordewich, Robert F. Darden, and Eric R. Jackson.

Publication Info. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 MICHNA-BALES    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7115 MICHNA-BALES    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction / Jeanine Michna-Bales -- The Underground Railroad. Bound for freedom : the history of the Underground Railroad / Fergus M. Bordewich ; Let freedom ring : the Underground Railroad comes alive / Eric R. Jackson ; The spirituals / Robert F. Darden -- The journey : a photographic essay.
Summary "They left in the middle of the night-- often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. An estimated one hundred thousand slaves between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865 embarked on a journey of untold hardship in search of freedom, many with the aid of the Underground Railroad. Through Darkness to Light : Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad imagines how this journey may have appeared through a series of atmospheric and evocative photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales. From over a decade's worth of research, Michna-Bales pieced together a route of Underground Railroad sites from the cotton plantations just south of Natchitoches, Louisiana, all the way north to the Canadian border, a path encompassing roughly two thousand miles. Complementing Michna-Bales' compelling photographs are essays on the history and figures of the Underground Railroad by Fergus M. Bordwich, Robert F. Darden, and Eric R. Jackson"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Underground Railroad -- Pictorial works.
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves -- Travel -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works.
African Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
Historic sites -- United States -- Pictorial works.
United States -- History, Local -- Pictorial works.
Underground Railroad. (OCoLC)fst01160987
Fugitive slaves -- Travel. (OCoLC)fst00935945
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Historic sites. (OCoLC)fst00957846
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Local history. (OCoLC)fst01411631
Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Illustrated works.
Added Author Young, Andrew, 1932- writer of introduction.
Bordewich, Fergus M., author.
Darden, Bob, 1954- author.
Jackson, Eric, 1965- author.
ISBN 9781616895655 hardcover
1616895659 hardcover
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