{"product_id":"north-star-country-milton-sernett-9780815629153","title":"North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Star Country\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the remarkable transformation of Upstate New York's famous 'Burned over District;' where the flames of religious revival sparked an abolitionist movement that eventually burst into the conflagration of the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilton C. Sernett details the regional presence of African Americans from the pre-Revolutionary War era through the Civil War, both as champions of liberty and as beneficiaries of a humanitarian spirit generated from evangelical impulses. He includes in his narrative the struggles of great abolitionists--among them Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Beriah Green, Jermain Loguen, and Samuel May--and of many lesser-known characters who rescued fugitives from slave hunters, maintained safe houses along the Underground Railroad, and otherwise furthered the cause of freedom both regionally and in the nation as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSernett concludes with a compelling examination of the moral choices made during the Civil War by upstate New Yorkers--both black and white--and of the post-Appomattox campaign to secure freedom for the newly emancipated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton Sernett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081562915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815629153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 170","brand":"Milton Sernett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947326177535,"sku":"9780815629153","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_380d302d-03af-4329-8faf-e8d130878e50.jpg?v=1681518057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-star-country-milton-sernett-9780815629153","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}