{"product_id":"the-underground-railroad-a-reference-guide-9781598846478","title":"The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine \"liberty lines\" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom--including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life \"Eliza\" and \"Uncle Tom\" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walters, Kerry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598846478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 6.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Kerry Walters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749481885771,"sku":"9781598846478","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_4512a23f-83e2-4a83-80e6-54f19068e6b4.jpg?v=1597790264","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-underground-railroad-a-reference-guide-9781598846478","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}