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Gateway to freedom

Gateway to freedom

the hidden history of the underground railroad
HistoryPolitics & Society
Pages
495
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

Even after abolition, slavery persisted legally and commercially in northern states like New York, where slave catchers preyed on free blacks and fugitives. In response, free blacks and white abolitionists formed the New York Vigilance Committee in 1835, creating networks that became known as the Underground Railroad. This book reveals how these secret operations helped over 3,000 enslaved people find freedom between 1830 and 1860, including new details from a hidden record of slave escapes.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeIntellectualComplex
Survival

Genres

History Politics & Society

About the author

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Eric Foner

Eric Foner (born February 7, 1943) is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and historiography. Foner has published several books on the Reconstruction period.