Let My People Go: The Story of the Underground Railroad and the Growth of the Abolition Movement

by Henrietta Buckmaster

Book Overview

First published in 1941, Henrietta Buckmaster's Let My People Go remains the definitive account of the Underground Railroad, the Abolition Movement, and the African American struggle to be free. It is a synthesis of the momentous events that provoked a bloody Civil War and a turbulent Reconstruction. Center stage in this splendid narrative is the quest for freedom and the resistance this movement encountered. Buckmaster has captured with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872498654
• ISBN13: 9780872498655
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I never thought I was so interested in politics...

I never thought I was so interested in politics until I read this book. I Picked it up at the library when I was reading about the Underground railroad. Henrietta was engaging and even funny sometimes. There were of course some hard to read accounts. But this is a very important topic even if the content is very emotional. This book was to the point yet poignant. All in all it was a very good read. It was informative and was from a point af view (African American) that is too often left out of the history books. I learned a lot and it made me just want more. I would definately suggest it for reading for anyone.