{"product_id":"slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-9780486780610","title":"Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoved 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\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\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 \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin.\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486780610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.03w x 0.56d","brand":"Christine Rudisel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637901521052,"sku":"9780486780610","price":7.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d0798e3-2dbe-4b6f-949c-68b0989390db.jpg?v=1603845966","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/slave-narratives-of-the-underground-railroad-9780486780610","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}