Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still by Hendrick, Willene

Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781566635462)

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Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still by Hendrick, Willene

Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still

$14.95
Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still by Hendrick, Willene

Fleeing for Freedom: Stories of the Underground Railroad as Told by Levi Coffin and William Still

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War. "A colorful yet balanced portrait."-William L. Van Deburg.

Author: Willene Hendrick
ISBN-10: 1566635462
ISBN-13: 9781566635462
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2003
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.60w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2003 pg. 722
Library Journal 02/01/2004 pg. 104
Kliatt 05/01/2004 pg. 38
By Willene Hendrick
By Willene Hendrick
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George and Willene Hendrick are independent scholars and researchers who together have written The Creole Mutiny: A Tale of Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship, and edited Two Slave Rebellions at Sea and several collections of Carl Sandburg's poems, including Poems for the People. George Hendrick, formerly professor of English at the University of Illinois, has also edited To Reach Eternity: The Letters of James Jones. The Hendricks live in Urbana, Illinois.

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