{"product_id":"slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-dover-thrift-editions-black-history-0486780619","title":"Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0486780619\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rudisel, Christine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Loved this and I'm not a big history buff. This was an eye-opener. This will make you have an even deeper respect for those who went through slavery and all they endured.\" - Pollard HouseDuring the 1850s and 1860s more than 100,000 people escaped slavery in the American South by following the Underground Railroad, a complex network of secret routes and safe houses. This inexpensive compilation of firsthand accounts offers authentic insights into the Civil War era and African-American history with compelling narratives by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and lesser-known refugees.Thirty selections include the story of Eliza Harris, \"The Slave Woman Who Crossed the Ohio River on the Drifting Ice with Her Child in Her Arms,\" whose experience inspired a memorable scene in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Other accounts include that of Henry \"Box\" Brown, who hid in a crate mailed to Philadelphia abolitionists; Theophilus Collins's escape after \"A Desperate, Bloody Struggle - Gun, Knife and Fire Shovel, Used by Infuriated Master\"; excerpts from Harriet Jacobs's 1861 narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; and the remarkable flight of William and Ellen Craft, \"Female Slave in Male Attire, Fleeing as a Planter, with Her Husband as Her Body Servant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51976230928672,"sku":"NEW0486780619","price":8.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-dover-thrift-editions-black-history-0486780619","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}