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Shane, Scott,
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Flee north :
a forgotten hero and the fight for freedom in slavery's borderland /
Scott Shane.
Forgotten hero and the fight for freedom in slavery's borderland.
First edition.
New York, NY :
Celadon Books,
2023.
viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
map, illustrations (some color) ;
25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An "account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and popularized the term 'underground railroad,' from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history"--
Provided by publisher.
20231026.
Smallwood, Thomas
1801-1883.
Torrey, Charles T
Charles Turner
1813-1846.
Slatter, Hope H
Hope Hull
1790-1853.
African American abolitionists
Biography.
Abolitionists
United States
Biography.
Underground Railroad.
Slave trade
United States
History
19th century.
Fugitive slaves
United States
History
19th century.
Toronto (Ont)
Biography.
Biographies.
QS5