One More River to Cross
One More River to Cross

Author: Bryan Prince

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2012-01-28

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1459701534

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Accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland during the early 1800s, Isaac Brown, a slave, survived harsh punishment, escaped, was recaptured, escaped again, and in the face of multiple challenges, ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. This is his story.

Border War
Border War

Author: Stanley Harrold

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-11-08

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0807899550

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During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Aspects of this struggle--the underground railroad, enforcement of the fugitive slave laws, mob actions, and sectional politics--are well known as parts of other stories. Here, Stanley Harrold explores the border struggle itself, the dramatic incidents that comprised it, and its role in the complex dynamics leading to the Civil War.