Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery

Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery / Lowell J. Soike.

Author/creator	Soike, Lowell J. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]
Description	292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Underground Railroad--Iowa. Fugitive slaves--Iowa --History --19th century. Antislavery movements--Iowa --History --19th century. Abolitionists--Iowa --History --19th century. Iowa--History --19th century. Iowa--Politics and government --19th century.

Series	Iowa and the Midwest experience Iowa and the Midwest experience. ^A1108519
Contents	Introduction: Between Slavery and Freedom -- Iowa and the Politics of Slavery -- Iowa Becomes Antislavery -- The Struggle Intensifies -- A Hole of Abolitionists -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Political Change in Iowa -- Escapes and Rescues -- Iowa and the Martyrdom of John Brown -- Fearless Defiance -- War and Rebirth -- Remembering and Forgetting the Underground Railroad.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2013010116
ISBN	9781609381936 (paperback : acid-free paper)
ISBN	1609381939 (paperback : acid-free paper)
Standard identifier#	40022853149

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E450 .S66 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold