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Author/Creator:McClellan, Larry A., author.
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Title:Onward to Chicago : freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois / Larry A McClellan.
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ISBN:9780809339259
0809339250
9780809339129
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Publication:Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2023]
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Copyright notice date: ©2023
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Physical Description:xii, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Summary:"Barefoot to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women"--
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Variant and related titles:Freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois
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Other formats:Online version: McClellan, Larry A. Onward to Chicago Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2023]
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-274) and index.
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Contents:The Great Chicago Exodus -- Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad -- Slavery and Freedom in Illinois, 1800-1838 -- The Underground is Underway, 1839-1844 -- Leaders and Travelers, 1845-1854 -- Open Secrets and Railroads, 1855-1861 -- On Freedom Seekers.
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Subjects:Underground Railroad--Illinois.
Fugitive slaves--Illinois--History--19th century.
Antislavery movements--Illinois--History--19th century.
Abolitionists--Illinois--History--19th century.
African American abolitionists--Illinois--History--19th century.
Abolitionists.
African American abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves.
Underground Railroad.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century.
Illinois--History--1778-1865.
Illinois.
Illinois--Chicago.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16780744