Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Fairfield, Iowa

by Rory Goff

The fruit of over ten years of deep research, this book reveals that by 1856, Fairfield was on the "direct line" as a prominent hub of Iowa's Underground Railroad. New evidence suggests that right from Fairfield's founding in 1839, some heroic Fairfielders were risking everything to illegally help Blacks flee captivity from the slave state of Missouri only 30 miles south. The book documents the tumultuous years before the Civil War to show how this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942745141
• ISBN13: 9781942745143
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Merrymeeting Archives
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"