Traveling the Underground Railroad: A Visitor's Guide to More Than 300 Sites - Softcover

Bruce Chadwick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806520930 ISBN 13: 9780806520933

Publisher: Citadel Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Describes current private homes, churches, restaurants, and halls in the United States and Canada that once served as Underground Railroad sites, and includes contact information for tourism offices and historical societies.

About this title

From Library Journal:

The history of the Underground Railroad in the United States and Canada illustrates the best and the worst aspects of the American people, from the viciousness of slave owners to the determination of slaves. Creating a travel guide to this intricate system is difficult because many of the sites are unknown, no longer exist, or are in private homes not open to the public. To compensate, Chadwick focuses roughly one-third of the book on history. The rest is divided geographically into site entries. Each entry includes a brief history of the site's importance, information on whether it is open to the public, and, if so, a telephone number for information. The types of sites vary, from actual homes that harbored slaves to memorial parks to Harriet Tubman's home. Though Chadwick states that his purpose is to outline day or weekend trips, he includes no maps or directions; the result is interesting as history but less successful as a guidebook. Charles L. Blockson's Hippocrene Guide to the Underground Railroad (1994) offers a more complete listing of sites with telephone numbers for each.AJulia Stump, Voorheesville P.L., NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Citadel Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0806520930
• ISBN 13: 9780806520933
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290