From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Unde
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 2007
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- Title
- From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Unde
- Author
- Tobin, Jacqueline L.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Like New
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 038551431X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385514316
- Edition
- First Edition.
The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers. There were dedicated conductors and safe houses, but also arduous nights in the mountains and days in threatening towns. For those who made it to Midnight (the code name given to Detroit), the Detroit River became a River Jordanand Canada became their land of Canaan, the Promised Land where they could live freely in black settlements under the protection of British law. One of these settlements was known as Dawn.
In prose rich in detail and imagery, From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Railroad, and of the people who traveled it to find new lives in Canada. Some of the figures are well known, like Harriet Tubman and John Brown. But there are equally heroic, less familiar figures here as well, like Mary Ann Shadd, who became the first black female newspaper editor in North America, and Osborne Perry Anderson, the only black survivor of the fighting at Harpers Ferry.
From Midnight to Dawn evokes the turmoil and controversies of the time, reveals the compelling stories behind events such as Harpers Ferry and the Christian Resistance, and introduces the reader to the reallife Uncle Tom who influenced Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin.
An extraordinary examination of a part of American history that transcends national borders, From Midnight to Dawn will captivate readers with its tales of hope, courage, and a peoples determination to live equal under the law.
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About the Author
JACQUELINE TOBIN is the coauthor of the critically lauded Hidden in Plain View and author of The Tao of Women. She is a teacher and collector and writer of womens stories. She lives in Denver, Colorado. HETTIE JONES is a poet and author of the memoir How I Became Hettie Jones and coauthor with Rita Marley of No Woman No Cry. She lives in New York City and teaches at the New School.
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