I've Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad

Name: I've Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
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ISBN: 9780374531256

ISBN-10: 0374531250

ISBN-13: 9780374531256

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Authors: Karolyn Smardz Frost

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It was the day before Independence Day, 1833. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be sold down the river, Thornton Blackburn planned a daring—and successful—daylight escape from their Louisville masters. Pursued to Michigan, the couple was captured and sentenced to return to Kentucky in chains. But Detroit’s black community rallied to their cause in the Blackburn Riots of 1833, the first racial uprising in the city’s history. Thornton and Lucie were spirited across the river to Canada, but their safety proved illusory when Michigan’s governor demanded their extradition. Canada’s defense of the Blackburns set the tone for all future diplomatic relations with the United States over the thorny…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 6/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Karolyn Smardz Frost is internationally recognized for her work in public archaeology and history. A native of Toronto, she now lives in Collingwood, Ontario.