Gateway to Freedom
The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery
activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom. More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian once again reconfigures the national saga of American slavery and freedom. A deeply entrenched institution, slavery lived on legally and commercially even in the northern states that had abolished it after the American Revolution. Slaves could be found in the streets of New York well after abolition, traveling with owners doing business with the city's major banks, merchants, and manufacturers. New York was also home to the North’s largest free black community, making it a magnet for fugitive slaves…
$22.95
February 2, 2016
Eric Foner, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include The Story of American Freedom and Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War. He lives in New York City.
Our Fragile Freedoms
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The Second Founding
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A Nation Without Borders
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Gateway to Freedom
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The Civil War in 50 Objects
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American Empire
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The Fiery Trial
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Forever Free
Eric Foner Illustrations edited and with Commentary by Joshua Brown
American Colonies
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Story of American Freedom
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