His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:John P. Parker, Stuart Seely Sprague (Editor)Publish date:1998-01-17Pages:168
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393317183ISBN-10:393317188UPC:9780393317183Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United States, HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.02 x 5.37 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SC0XGS3486
His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad
In the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad, His Promised Land is the unusual and stirring account of how the war against slavery was fought--and sometimes won. John P. Parker (1827--1900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil War. He recounts his years of slavery, his harrowing runaway attempt, and how he finally bought his freedom. Eventually...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393317183ISBN-10:393317188UPC:9780393317183Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, United States, HistoricalBook Topic:19th CenturySize:8.02 x 5.37 x 0.43 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SC0XGS3486
Parker, John P.: - "John P. Parker (1827 - 1900) was an American abolitionist, inventor, iron moulder and industrialist. He helped hundreds of slaves to freedom in the Underground Railroad based in Ripley, Ohio."Sprague, Stuart Seely: - Stuart Seely Sprague was a professor in history at Morehead State University from 1968 to 1995. His areas of concentration included Appalachian history and...
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