I've got a home in glory land : a lost tale of the underground railroad /

As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans in 1831, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring escape from Louisville. Discovered by slave catchers in Michigan, they were slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community ra...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Smardz Frost, Karolyn
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Edition:	First paperback edition.
Subjects:	Blackburn, Thornton, > 1813 or 1814-1890. Blackburn, Lucie, > -1895. Fugitive slaves > Ontario > Toronto > Biography. African Americans > Ontario > Toronto > Biography. Slaves > Kentucky > Biography. African Americans > Kentucky > Biography. Underground Railroad. Antislavery movements > North America. Toronto (Ont.) > Biography.
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