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I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad

by Karolyn Smardz Frost · 2007

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The freedom of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn became a cause celebre in the mid 1830s, sparking a race riot in Detroit & a diplomatic incident with Canada. Runaway slaves, Thornton & Lucie eventually settled in Toronto & worked tirelessly with other abolitionists against the slavery they had left behind in the Southern States."

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African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
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civil warcivil warMore like thisLess of this19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of thisKentuckyKentuckyMore like thisLess of thisNorth AmericaNorth AmericaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 450 pages

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