From Midnight to Dawn : the last tracks of the underground railroad

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Label

From Midnight to Dawn : the last tracks of the underground railroad

Title remainder

the last tracks of the underground railroad

Statement of responsibility

Jacqueline Tobin with Hettie Jones

Creator

• Tobin, Jacqueline, 1950-

Contributor

• Jones, Hettie

Subject

• African Americans
• African Americans -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Black Canadians -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Blacks
• Blacks -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Colonisation intérieure -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Detroit Region (Mich.) -- History -- 19th century
• Detroit, Région de (Mich.) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Esclaves -- Michigan | Detroit, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Esclaves -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Esclaves fugitifs -- Michigan | Detroit, Région de -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Esclaves fugitifs -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Fugitive slaves
• Fugitive slaves -- Michigan | Detroit Region -- History -- 19th century
• Fugitive slaves -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• History
• 1800-1899
• Land settlement -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Michigan -- Detroit Region
• Noirs américains -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Noirs canadiens -- Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Ontario
• Ontario -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
• Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Slaves
• Slaves -- Michigan | Detroit Region -- History -- 19th century
• Slaves -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
• Underground Railroad
• Underground Railroad -- Michigan | Detroit Region
• Underground Railroad -- Michigan | Detroit, Région de
• Underground Railroad -- Ontario
• Land settlement

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

• The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers. While there were dedicated conductors and safe houses, there were also arduous nights in the mountains and days in threatening towns. For those who made it to Midnight, the code name given to Detroit, the Detroit River became their Jordan. And Canada became the Promised Land where they could live freely in black settlements, one known as Dawn, under the protection of British law. This book presents the men and women who established the Railroad and the people who traveled it. Some are well known, like Harriet Tubman and John Brown, but there are equally heroic, less familiar figures here as well. The book evokes the turmoil and controversies of the time, including the furor over Uncle Tom's Cabin, congressional confrontations in Washington, and fierce disputes among black settlers in Canada.--From publisher description
• Includes information on abolitionist movement, Frederick Douglass, emigration movement, slavery, etc

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.7/115

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E450

LC item number

.T62 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography