His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P.Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P.Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad Book

John Parker was born a slave in Virginia but managed to buy his freedom. He hated the injustice of slavery, and so for about 20 years before the Civil War devoted his life to the dangerous work of helping other blacks escape to freedom. This is one of only a few accounts of a black American's fight against slavery in his own words. Unpublished for nearly a century, it brings to life the American frontier of the mid-18th century in as thrilling a fashion as any John Ford film or historical novel.Read More

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    John P. Parker is one of the few African Americans whose battle against slavery we can now turn to in his own words. He recounts dramatically how he helped fugitive slaves to cross the Ohio River from Kentucky and go north to freedom. He risked his life--hiding in coffins, diving off a steamboat with bounty hunters on his trail--and his freedom to fight for the freedom of his people.

  • 0393317188
  • 9780393317183
  • John P. Parker
  • 11 March 1998
  • WW Norton & Co
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 168
  • New edition
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