By: Shadd, Adrienne (Signed); Cooper, Afua; Frost, Karolyn Smardz (Signed).
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher:
Toronto, Natural Heritage / Dundurn: 2005
Edition: Second Edition
Inscription: Signed by Authors.
Seller ID: 24505
ISBN: 1554884292
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Near Fine
92 pp, 8" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps. Signed by two of the authors - Adrienne Shadd and Karolyn Smardz Frost - on title page. "A richly illustrated book, (which) examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and 'conductors'. Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on ne...
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