Smardz Frost, Karolyn.

I've got a home in glory land : a lost tale of the underground railroad / Karolyn Smardz Frost. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2008. - xxv, 450 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-436) and index.

pt. 1. Kentucky. -- Wade in the water, children -- There is a land beyond the river -- On Jordan's bank -- Troubling the waters -- I'm bound to go -- Now let me fly -- pt. 2. Detroit. -- Steal away, steal away, I ain't got long to stay here -- Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go! -- pt. 3. Canada. -- Oh, freedom! -- One more river to cross -- Wrestling Jacob -- At home in the promised land -- Soldiers in the Army of the Lord -- Gird up your sword -- Oh, wasn't that a wide river?

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Blackburn, Thornton, 1813 or 4-1890.
Blackburn, Lucie, d. 1895.


Fugitive slaves--Ontario--Toronto--Biography.
African Americans--Ontario--Toronto--Biography.
Underground Railroad.
Antislavery movements--North America.
Esclavos fugitivos--BiografĂ­as.
Movimiento antiesclavista--Estados Unidos.
Esclavos--Condiciones sociales--Toronto (Estados Unidos).


Toronto (Ont.)--Biography.

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