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The underground railroad and the geography of violence in antebellum America /

One summer night in 1845 thirteen slaves escaped from a plantation in northern Kentucky and ran for the Ohio River, led by Louis Talbert. They had planned to cross the Ohio on a raft, but building the craft took longer than expected, and only half of the band had made the passage before daylight. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Churchill, Robert H. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Coffin, Levi, > 1798-1877.
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.

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