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02518aam a2200409 i 4500 001 6EE2E1EA627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231004010043 008 221118t20232023iluab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022054100 020 $a 0809339250 020 $a 9780809339259 035 $a (OCoLC)1347363245 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d GK8 $d SOI $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-il 050 00 $a E450 M1295 2023 100 1 $a McClellan, Larry A., $e author. 245 10 $a Onward to Chicago : $b freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois / $c Larry A McClellan. 246 30 $a Freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad in northeastern Illinois 264 1 $a Carbondale : $b Southern Illinois University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 283 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-274) and index. 505 0 $a The Great Chicago Exodus -- Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad -- Slavery and Freedom in Illinois, 1800-1838 -- The Underground is Underway, 1839-1844 -- Leaders and Travelers, 1845-1854 -- Open Secrets and Railroads, 1855-1861 -- On Freedom Seekers. 520 $a "Barefoot 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Underground Railroad $z Illinois. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $z Illinois $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z Illinois $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Abolitionists $z Illinois $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African American abolitionists $z Illinois $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Illinois $x History $y 1778-1865. 776 08 $i Online version: $a McClellan, Larry A. $t Onward to Chicago $d Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2023] $z 9780809339129 $w (DLC) 2022054101 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011740.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6EE2E1EA627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search