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- catalog abstract "The underground railroad - with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains - has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of the history of this institution, which Larry Gara carefully investigates in this important study. Gara show how pre-Civil War partisan propaganda, postwar reminiscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret. Organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South. In contrast to that legend, the slaves themselves had active roles in their own escapes from slave states. They carried out their runs to the North, receiving aid only after they had reached territory where they still faced return under the Fugitive Slave Law. Thus, The Liberty Line places fugitive slaves in their rightful position: the center of their struggle for freedom.".
- catalog contributor b10172892.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. The Legendary Railroad -- 2. Slavery and Freedom -- 3. The Road to the North -- 4. A Deep-Laid Scheme -- 5. Friends of the Fugitive -- 6. The Fugitive Issue -- 7. The Roots of a Legend -- 8. Reminiscence and Romance.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South. In contrast to that legend, the slaves themselves had active roles in their own escapes from slave states. They carried out their runs to the North, receiving aid only after they had reached territory where they still faced return under the Fugitive Slave Law. Thus, The Liberty Line places fugitive slaves in their rightful position: the center of their struggle for freedom.".
- catalog description "The underground railroad - with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains - has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of the history of this institution, which Larry Gara carefully investigates in this important study. Gara show how pre-Civil War partisan propaganda, postwar reminiscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 201 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Liberty line.".
- catalog identifier "0813108640 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Liberty line.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Liberty line.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.7/115 20".
- catalog subject "E450 .G22 1996".
- catalog subject "Fugitive slaves United States.".
- catalog subject "Underground Railroad.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Legendary Railroad -- 2. Slavery and Freedom -- 3. The Road to the North -- 4. A Deep-Laid Scheme -- 5. Friends of the Fugitive -- 6. The Fugitive Issue -- 7. The Roots of a Legend -- 8. Reminiscence and Romance.".
- catalog title "The liberty line : the legend of the underground railroad / Larry Gara.".
- catalog type "text".