“Gateway to Freedom: the Hidden History of the Underground Railroad” by Eric Foner highlights the people who risked their lives to save millions of others from being forced back into slavery.Focusing on the journeys of three individuals, the author provides a snapshot of the search for a better life. The effects of this unacknowledged migration were felt countrywide. “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration” by Isabel Wilkerson tells the tale of millions of people who fled north and west away from slavery.Beginning in the American frontier, Native Americans and later African-Americans were enslaved by French and British colonists in the fur trade. Tiya Miles wrote “The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits” to showcase a little known fact of slavery.Juxtaposing historical fact, myth and family stories, the author puts forth a history slavery of Texas from an African-American's point of view. “On Juneteenth” by Annette Gordon-Reed is part memoir, part history.Combining Civil War and Texas history, the author sheds light on emancipation. wrote “Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration” as the first major work to provide the background for this National celebration. Researching archives throughout the country, Edward T. Manistee County Library carries the following titles that focus attention on this aspect of American history.
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