Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement,
Fergus M. Bordewich explores the Underground Railroad as more than a network of escape: he presents it as America’s first civil rights movement. Bound for Canaan places this important subject within the wider history of slavery, freedom, and the nation’s ongoing struggle over civil rights.
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Bound for Canaan by Fergus M. Bordewich examines the Underground Railroad, a central subject in the history of American slavery and freedom.
The book presents the Underground Railroad as America’s first civil rights movement, emphasizing its broader historical significance.
It offers a focused account of an important chapter in the nation’s past and its continuing place in discussions of civil rights.
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