Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.

Author/creator Hansen, Joyce
Other author McGowan, Gary.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoChicago : Cricket Books, 2003.
Descriptionxi, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Underground Railroad--Juvenile literature.
Fugitive slaves--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History. --Sources. --Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Antiquities. --Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature.
Excavations (Archaeology)--United States. --Juvenile literature.
United States--History, Local. --Juvenile literature.
United States--Antiquities. --Juvenile literature.

Contents Running South : artifacts from Fort Mose -- Land of the free : History on a ship's log -- A more perfect Union : learning from the law -- Running : The WPA slave narratives -- Steal away : the enslaved speak through spirituals -- I will be heard : archaeology meets an oral tradition -- midnight seekers after liberty : anecdotes and memories uncover the past -- The last stop : outrunning the fugitive slave laws -- A mystery : when history keeps a secret -- The search continues.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-158) and index.
LCCN 2002013711
ISBN0812626737 (alk. paper)