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Title:
Freedom seekers [vdvd] : stories from the western Underground Railroad / a film by Gary Jenkins.
Format:
[vdvd] :
Publisher:
Film Ideas,
Copyright Date:
2012, c2011
Description:
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Underground Railroad--West (U.S.)
Underground Railroad--Kansas.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.
Fugitive slaves--United States--History--19th century.
Documentary films.
Other Authors:
Jenkins, Gary.
Cox, Danny.
Film Ideas (Firm)
Notes:
Narration, Danny Cox.
Contents:
The road to Kansas -- The Lane Trail -- Stories from Topeka, Kansas -- Stories from Mound City/Osawatomie, Kansas -- Stories from the Wakarusa Valley, Kansas -- Stories from Lawrence, Kansas -- John Brown : last train to Canada -- Other stories from the Underground Railroad -- Freedom's pathway -- Director interview.
Summary:
Primary source documents, historians, interviews with slave descendants, readings and dramatic depictions provide understanding of the regional issues surrounding antebellum slavery and the antislavery movement that helped shape the Western Underground Railroad, a perhaps less known escape route along the western frontier.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)809859504
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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