Escape betwixt two suns : a true tale of the underground railroad in Illinois /
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| Author / Creator: | Pirtle, Carol, 1938- |
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| Imprint: | Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 141 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Shawnee books Shawnee books. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11113588 |
| Summary: | Although the northern Illinois chapters of the story of Susan "Sukey" Richardson's escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad are documented, the part played by southern Illinois in that historic episode has remained obscure. Carol Pirtle changes that with her investigation into the 1843 suit Andrew Borders lodged against William Hayes, charging his neighbor with helping slaves from the Borders estate escape to Galesburg. In conjunction with her probe into the past, Pirtle also discovered the Hayes correspondence. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 141 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585369127 9780585369129 0809323001 9780809323005 080932301X 9780809323012 |