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free black communities and the underground railroad The Geography of Resistance cheryl janifer laroche university of illinois press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield © 2014 by Cheryl Janifer LaRoche All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data LaRoche, Cheryl Janifer. Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance / Cheryl Janifer LaRoche. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-252-03804-4 (hardback) isbn 978-0-252-07954-2 (paper) isbn 978-0-252-09589-4 (ebook) 1. Underground Railroad—Indiana. 2. Underground Railroad—Illinois. 3. Underground Railroad—Ohio. 4. Fugitive slaves—United States—History. 5. African Americans—History—19th century—Sources. 6. Antislavery movements— United States—History. 7. frican Americans—Antiquities. 8. Excavations (Archaeology)—United States. I. Title. f450.l37 2013 973.7'115—dc23 2013024073 ...

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