Onward to Chicago : freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois
"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...
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Southern Illinois University Press
2023
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