Description: Further DetailsTitle: African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground RailroadsCondition: NewISBN-10: 179365347XEAN: 9781793653475ISBN: 9781793653475Publisher: Lexington BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/15/2022Description: Countless stories about the Liberty Lines (the Underground Railroad) have been written. Still, few ever mention the African abolitionists who established the Liberty Lines and managed the passage of thousands of self-emancipating Africans safely to freedom in the early 1800s. Thornton J. Alexander was an African abolitionist who used the power of his freedom to liberate the physical and intellectual constraints placed on African people in colonial America. His inspirational story transcends the sufferings of bondage. His lifetime of risks guaranteed the promises of liberty for anyone who reached his land. He knew “Eliza Harris” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) because she made her escape to freedom from his property in Indiana. He allowed Bishop Paul Quinn to establish an AME church behind his family cemetery. In 1845, he donated land to construct the first private black college in the U.S. called Union Literary Institute (ULI). The first African American U.S. Senator, Hiram Revels, and his brother Willis were both educated at ULI, as was Rev. John G. Mitchell, a co-founder of Wilberforce University. No longer hidden in the oppressive shadows of American abolitionists, Thornton Alexander’s story of resistance, rebellion and success has finally been reclaimed from the clutches of invisibility.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Paula D. Royster, Gregory M. GeorgeGenre: HistoryItem Weight: 454gItem Width: 18mmRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Unde
Title: African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Unde
ISBN-10: 179365347X
EAN: 9781793653475
ISBN: 9781793653475
Release Date: 12/15/2022
Release Year: 2022
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana Underground Railroads
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: United States / 19th Century, United States / General, African American
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Paula D. Royster, Gregory M. George
Subject Area: History
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
