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Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C.

Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C.

Masur, Jenny
Stanley Harrold Author of Subversives a

Hardcover

Black American HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540237303
ISBN13: 9781540237309
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: Jan 21 2019
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Many of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Men and women, black and white, operatives and freedom seekers--all demonstrated courage, resourcefulness and initiative. Leonard Grimes, a free African American, was arrested for transporting enslaved people to freedom. John Dean, a white lawyer, used the District courts to test the legality of the Fugitive Slave Act. Anna Maria Weems dressed as a boy in order to escape to Canada. Enslaved people engineered escapes, individually and in groups, with and without the assistance of an organized network. Some ended up back in slavery or in jail, but some escaped to freedom. Anthropologist and author Jenny Masur tells their stories.

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