{"product_id":"slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-dover-thrift-editions-paperback-by-christine-rudisel-editor-bob-blaisdell-editor","title":"Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback by Christine Rudisel (Editor), Bob Blaisdell (Editor)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Loved this and I'm not a big history buff. This was an eye-opener. This will make you have an even deeper respect for those who went through slavery and all they endured.\" — Pollard House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the 1850s and 1860s more than 100,000 people escaped slavery in the American South by following the Underground Railroad, a complex network of secret routes and safe houses. This inexpensive compilation of firsthand accounts offers authentic insights into the Civil War era and African-American history with compelling narratives by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and lesser-known refugees.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThirty selections include the story of Eliza Harris, \"The Slave Woman Who Crossed the Ohio River on the Drifting Ice with Her Child in Her Arms,\" whose experience inspired a memorable scene in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Other accounts include that of Henry \"Box\" Brown, who hid in a crate mailed to Philadelphia abolitionists; Theophilus Collins's escape after \"A Desperate, Bloody Struggle — Gun, Knife and Fire Shovel, Used by Infuriated Master\"; excerpts from Harriet Jacobs's 1861 narrative, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; and the remarkable flight of William and Ellen Craft, \"Female Slave in Male Attire, Fleeing as a Planter, with Her Husband as Her Body Servant.\"\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ne3i2p","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36508876963999,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1914\/7141\/products\/41rI81UqenL._SX311_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1601830244","url":"https:\/\/annointedhands.shop\/products\/slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-dover-thrift-editions-paperback-by-christine-rudisel-editor-bob-blaisdell-editor","provider":"ANNOINTEDHANDS ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}