Item details: South to freedom : runaway slaves to Mexico and the road to the Civil War - 48313602

South to freedom : runaway slaves to Mexico and the road to the Civil War

text South to freedom : runaway slaves to Mexico and the road to the Civil War

Baumgartner, Alice

Summary: "The Underground Railroad to the North was salvation for many US slaves before the Civil War. But during the same decades, thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern bor... Read more

Contents: Defending slavery--The meaning of liberty--The right to property--An antislavery republic--In accordance with the laws, they are free--The Texas Revolution--Annexation--Compromise lost--Liberty found--The balance of power--Citizenship--War.

Format: text

Description: xi, 365 pages : illustration ; 25 cm

Publisher: Basic Books 2020

Library	Location	Status
Woodmere (Main Branch)	306.3 BAU in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	306.3 BAU in Adult Non-fiction	Available

Fugitive slaves Mexico History 19th century Fugitive slaves United States History 19th century Slavery Mexico History 19th century Slavery United States History 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes

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