The Underground Railroad in Michigan / Carol E. Mull.

"This book is the first comprehensive exploration of abolitionism and the network of escape from slavery in the state. First-person accounts are interwoven with an expansive historical overview of national events to offer a fresh examination of Michigan's critical role in the movement to end America...

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Main Author: Mull, Carol E., 1952-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, [2010], ©2010.
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Physical Description:vii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Slavery, settlement, and the Underground Railroad -- Underground Railroad beginnings -- Michigan as a destination and gateway -- Obtaining freedom in Michigan -- Disturbing influences : abolitionists -- Stations in the wilderness : a working system of assistance -- An interstate network of escape -- Persuasion and politics -- The Port Huron-Pontiac-Detroit network -- Men of oppression -- Fractures in the cause -- New beginnings to end slavery -- Southern men on northern soil -- Trials and tribulations -- 1850 Fugitive Slave Act -- Two days to midnight -- Colonization of Canada -- The year of John Brown. 
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