Just Over the Line: Chester County and the Underground Railroad: A catalog to accompany an exhibition organized by the Chester County Historical Society

Chester County Historical Society, February 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Drawing the line -- 2.) Crossing the line -- 3.) Holding the line -- 4.) Pushing the line -- 5.) Stepping over the line -- 6.) Breaking the line ------ * APPENDICES: a.) Chester County Slaveholders, 1780 -- b.) Chester County Underground Railroad Agents -- c.) Chester Countians in the 54th Massachusetts -- d.) Chester Countians in the U.S. Colored Troops . . . . . . . . . . . . Relates the exciting tales of the legendary Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania, an area on the front lines of the antebellum struggle over slavery and black freedom. Examines the spectrum of opinion among Quakers, the prominence of black activists, and the interracial cooperation essential to the Underground Railroad's success Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.