South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. Baumgartner

South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

Alice L. Baumgartner

384 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

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A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico.The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousan...

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