Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, 1854-1864, A Reader

Sheridan, Richard B.

dc.contributor.author	Sheridan, Richard B.
dc.contributor.editor	Sheridan, Richard B.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-03T15:06:09Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-03T15:06:09Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.identifier.citation	Sheridan, Richard B. Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, 1854-1864, A Reader. Lawrence, Kan.: Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas, 1998.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/20901
dc.description	This book has fifteen narratives, with extensive introduction and commentary on the Underground Railroad and its extension to Kansas Territory, especially to Lawrence and Douglas County. The narratives range from original documents to selections from periodicals and books. The Underground Railroad was a system of receiving, concealing, and forwarding fugitive slaves on their flight from bondage in the American South to freedom in the North and Canada. 190 pages, 41 photographs, maps, and illustrations. The editor and compiler, Dr. Richard B. Sheridan, was a professor at the University of Kansas for 37 years. He was the great-nephew of Levi Coffin, one of the key leaders of the Underground Railroad.
dc.publisher	Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright 1998, University of Kansas.
dc.title	Freedom's Crucible: The Underground Railroad in Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, 1854-1864, A Reader	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
kusw.kuauthor	Sheridan, Richard B.
kusw.kudepartment	Economics	en_US
kusw.oapolicy	This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.	en_US
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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