When I first chose it as my next read, I wanted to learn more in depth about something I had only a superficial knowledge of - the Underground Railroad.

On the one hand, there was a contingent of high-minded, largely intellectual folks who said all the right words in opposition to slavery but did relatively little of substance to combat the institution.

Unlike with a few other authors, I probably won't seek out other books by Mr. Bordewich.

Bordewich does a good job attempting to place the reader in their shoes as best he can, and my overwhelming feeling after reading this book is one of immense respect for the personal courage demonstrated by so many slaves who undertook the arduous and extremely risky journey to potential, but by no means guaranteed, freedom. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The combination of forces against the fugitive - ruthless slave hunters, federal marshals enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, scheming whites looking for a bounty reward - boggles the mind. He regularly reviews books for the Wall Street Journal. To consider the amount of illegal activity against slavery, activity that today we see as the moral answer to that evil (a generally accepted evil both north and south), might give us pause. We got to see the whole picture. Published

This book was a bit too academic for my liking. Not overly academic or disjointed or conversational, just maybe disorganized. He revives the names of forgotten abolitionists who dismantled the institution where they could, aided runaways, opened secret routes out of slave states and refuges across the Northeast. I often found myself absolutely riveted by the individual stories of fugitive slaves and abolitionists who together formed the informal networks that became the primary conduit for slaves escaping to points north, including in many cases Canada.
Another thing this book drives home is the varying degrees of commitment among abolitionists of the time. Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
Bordewich's carefully-sourced history breathes new life into the men and women who risked their own lives, freedoms, and more to defy US chattel slavery.

The last quarter was the best, and included the stories of Harriet Tubman, John Brown, & Margaret Garner (who appears to be the basis for Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

4.5 stars - this was a solid, well-written, clearly well-researched history of an important and fascinating part of American history. One of the best non-fiction books I've ever read, and the first book I recommend when someone is looking for non-fiction. Refrain: Dare to stand like Joshua, Dare to say the word; As for me and for my house, We will serve the Lord.

He lives in San Francisco with his wife, Jean Parvin Bordewich. In school, the Underground Railroad was taught as a system run by white people, and this book did an amazing job of debunking that myth and showing how people of all races worked together--led by the formerly enslaved and black people born free--to rescue those in bondage and protect those who fled seeking a better life. Starting in roughly 1800, and going up to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and the start of the Civil War, Bordewich presents a dark period of American history, the evils of which are difficult to comprehend in our distance from them, and from which While I had been previously familiar with some of the primary characters involved in the Underground Railroad, I realized reading Bordewich's history that my knowledge of this heroic effort hardly scratched the surface of its scope and magnitude. Not overly academic or disjointed or conversational, just maybe disorganized. It does contain a lot of information and most of it was very engaging. I had a pretty murky understanding of what the whole thing was about - like, Harriet Tubman and a bunch of underground tunnels?

AMAZON BARNES & NOBLE GET WEEKLY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Email Address Subscribe Tweet. January 10th 2006 Bordewich lays out the history of the network going from the beginnings of slavery in America to the development of the nation's first civil rights movement. So I guess this is middle age. One of the things this book really drives home is the utterly tenuous nature of a fugitive slave's newfound freedom once in a free state. This fog of anonymity may explain why, despite its critical role in American history, historians have attempted so few chronicles of it. In school, the Underground Railroad was taught as a system run by white people, and this book did an amazing job of debunking that myth and showing how people of all races worked together--led by the formerly enslaved and black people born free--to rescue those in bondage and protect those who fled seeking a better life. 1 We are bound for Canaan land, Tenting by the way; Who shall lead us on the road? A page-turner yet full of fascinating information. 0060524316

BOUND FOR CANAAN. Other than that, it's hard to imagine a better account of this important movement in American history.Comprehensive history of the people and organizations who helped slaves escape from the beginning of the Underground (before railroads existed) to when the Civil War and widespread abolition made the Underground unnecessary.

We should all know this history.It's a moving history of the resistance towards institutionalized slavery in America.


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