{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-kerry-walters-9798765115015","title":"The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine \"liberty lines\" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom-including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life \"Eliza\" and \"Uncle Tom\" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Walters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8765115015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765115015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Kerry Walters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790193750271,"sku":"9798765115015","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cddbd0bd-a48c-47e9-ba22-3ce41f4c72f3.jpg?v=1707288224","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad-kerry-walters-9798765115015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}