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Onward to Chicago : freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois /

"Barefoot to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClellan, Larry A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Underground Railroad > Illinois.
Fugitive slaves > Illinois > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Illinois > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Illinois > History > 19th century.
African American abolitionists > Illinois > History > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
Illinois > History > 1778-1865.
Abolitionists.
African American abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves.
Underground Railroad.
Illinois.
Illinois > Chicago.
1778-1899
History.

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