Description: "Onward to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women"--
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Book Title: Onward to Chicago : Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois
Number of Pages: 306 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Slavery, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Author: Larry A. Mcclellan
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
