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by Keith P. Griffler

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The Underground Railroad, an often misunderstood antebellum institution, has been viewed as a simple combination of mainly white "conductors" and black "passengers." Keith P. Griffler takes a new, battlefield-level view of the war against American slavery as he reevaluates one of its front lines: the Ohio River, the longest commercial dividing line between slavery and freedom. In shifting the focus from the much discussed white-led "stations" to the primarily black-led frontline struggle along the Ohio, Griffler reveals for the first time the crucial importance of the freedom movement in the river's port cities and towns. Front Line of Freedom fully examines America's first successful interracial freedom movement, which proved to be as much a struggle to transform the states north of the Ohio as those to its south. In a climate of racial proscription, mob violence, and white hostility, the efforts of Ohio Valley African Americans to establish and maintain communities became inextricably linked to the steady stream of fugitives crossing the region. As Griffler traces the efforts of African Americans to free themselves, Griffler provides a window into the process by which this clandestine network took shape and grew into a powerful force in antebellum America.

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  • Title Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground in the Ohio Valley
  • Author Keith P. Griffler
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 2nd printing
  • Pages 169
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Publication date 2004-03-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780813122984 / 0813122988
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.34 x 0.69 in (23.57 x 16.10 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Ohio
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Underground Railroad - Ohio River Valley, Fugitive slaves - Ohio River Valley -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003024588
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.711

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2004, Page 1028
  • Choice, 11/01/2004, Page 547

About the author

Keith P. Giffler is assistant professor of African American history at the University of Cincinnati.

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