The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A Comprehensive History

by Wilbur H. Siebert and Wilbur Henry Siebert

Book Overview

First published in 1898, this comprehensive history was the first documented survey of a system that helped fugitive slaves escape from areas in the antebellum South to regions as far north as Canada. Comprising fifty years of research, the text includes interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, biographies, memoirs, speeches, and a large number of other firsthand accounts. Together, they shed much light on the origins of a system that provided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486450392
• ISBN13: 9780486450391
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"