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  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 1 December 2010
  • Copyright Year: 2010
  • ISBN: 9781552775813
  • Page Count: 144
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

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The Underground Railroad

The long journey to freedom in Canada

by L.D. Cross

The greatest escape story of North America is the tale of the secret route from slavery in the U.S. to freedom in Canada.

Slavery existed throughout the western Hemisphere, but after its abolition in the British empire it persisted for decades in much of the U.S. Even in states where slavery was illegal, slaves were subject to capture and return to their owners. The only sure escape was to cross the border into Canada.

The Underground Railway was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses, an organized escape route run by blacks and whites who opposed slavery and who helped black Americans find freedom in Canada.

They arrived at points as far east as Nova Scotia and as far west as British Columbia, but the vast majority landed in southwestern Ontario. In this book L.D. Cross recounts the harrowing experiences of many including Harriet Tubman, a slave who escaped and later helped many others to do so and Alexander Ross a white doctor and ornithologist from London, Ontario who travelled many times to southern plantations to 'study birds' and to surreptitiously hand out information regarding the secret routes leading to freedom in the north.

About the Author

L.D. CROSS is an Ottawa writer and member of the Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC). She is also the author of Spies in our Midst, Ottawa Titans and The Quest for the Northwest Passage, all Amazing Stories series titles.

Reviews

There are many interesting stories about abolitionists in The Underground Railroad that make the book entertaining and should make it popular with young readers. It could be used for classroom support, providing, as it does, great potential for classroom discussion. Innovative teachers will find numerous ways in which to use the book to stimulate student interest...The Underground Railroad is well researched and includes meaningful detail that makes the story come to life. Recommended.
Thomas F. Chambers, CM Magazine

Subjects (BISAC)

HISTORY / Canada / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Subjects

Canadian History, Canadian History: Black Canadian, Canadian History: Social Movements, Canadian History: Transportation

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