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The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad
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  • Authored by: Larry Gara
  • From the Series: University Press of Kentucky Academic Collection
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  • ISBN-10: 9781646938186
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-64693-818-6
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  • Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
  • Published: 02/01/2023
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  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up

Summary

The underground railroad—with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains—has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of this history. Larry Gara shows how pre-Civil War partisan propanda, postwar remininscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South. In contrast to much popular belief, however, the slaves themselves had active roles in their own escape. They carried out their runs, receiving aid only after they had reached territory where they still faced return. The Liberty Line puts slaves in their rightful position: the center of their struggle for freedom.

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About the Author(s)

The late Professor Larry Gara is the author of what is considered as the definitive history of the Underground Railroad titled The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad. His book so impressed President John F. Kennedy that he included it in the White House’s permanent library collection.

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