Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland

by Kimberly L. Simmons, Carol E. Mull, Karolyn Smardz Frost

Book Overview

As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a boundary that determined whether thousands of enslaved people of African descent could reach a place of freedom and opportunity. In A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland, editors Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker explore the experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081433959X
• ISBN13: 9780814339596
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"