FROST, KAROLYN SMARDZ

I've Got a Home in Gloryland a Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad

Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007. First Canadian Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 088762250X. DJ has a small glue remnant area lower front edge, otherwise NF. ; A near-fine volume, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 450 pages; "It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring - �and successful - daylight escape from Louisville. But they were discovered by slave catchers in Michigan and slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause. The Blackburn Riot of 1833 was the first racial uprising in Detroit history.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21253

Catalogue: History::Underground Railroad

Keywords: 088762250X underground railroad Blackburn riot