Freedom Roads
Searching for the Underground Railroad
Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
The Underground Railroad was meant to be a set of secret pathways, and its traces have been obscured by time. But Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan, who won a Coretta Scott King Honor for their previous book, show how archaeologists and historians sift through corn cobs and root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct those heroic journeys. Freedom Roads offers both a fresh look at the escape routes from slavery and an introduction to the tools, methods, and insights of archaeology, anthropology, and historical conservation. Here is a modern-day detective story that uncovers the traces of a time in American history when courageous slaves and idealistic abolitionists defied the law and saved lives.
Contents:
Running South : artifacts from Fort Mose -- Land of the free : History on a ship's log -- A more perfect Union : learning from the law -- Running : The WPA slave narratives -- Steal away : the enslaved speak through spirituals -- I will be heard : archaeology meets an oral tradition -- midnight seekers after liberty : anecdotes and memories uncover the past -- The last stop : outrunning the fugitive slave laws -- A mystery : when history keeps a secret -- The search continues.
Subjects:
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History, Local -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History, Local -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0812626737 (alk. paper)
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C HISTORY US Slavery Han | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Han | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Han | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C HISTORY US Slavery Han | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C HISTORY US Civil Rights Han | North Main | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.