Front cover image for Bound for Canaan : the epic story of the underground railroad, America's first integrated civil rights movement

Bound for Canaan : the epic story of the underground railroad, America's first integrated civil rights movement

A history of the Underground Railroad offers insight into the role played by 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
Print Book, English, 2005
Amistad, New York, 2005
History
xv, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
9780060524302, 9780060524319, 0060524308, 0060524316
318938812
Beginnings: 1800 to 1830
Connections: The 1830s
Confrontation: The 1840s
Victory: The 1850s