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

Name: His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
SKU: 04129233

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4193445His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroadhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/his-promised-land-the-autobiography-of-john-p-parker-former-slave-and-conductor-on-the-underground-railroad-9780393348019/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2945533/7c0c9581-132a-4b51-9890-9ab2c858a4e4.jpg?v=638384666467770000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2942804/7c0c9581-132a-4b51-9890-9ab2c858a4e4.jpg?v=638384662605870000212275MXNW. W. Norton & CompanyInStock/Ebooks/"Surpasses all previous slave narrativesUsually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parkers extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationIn the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad, His Promised Land is the unusual and stirring account of how the war against slavery was foughtand sometimes won. John P. Parker (18271900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil War. He recounts his years of slavery, his harrowing runaway attempt, and how he finally bought his freedom. Eventually moving to Ripley, Ohio, a stronghold of the abolitionist movement, Parker became an integral part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves cross the Ohio River from Kentucky and go north to freedom. Parker risked his lifehiding in coffins, diving off a steamboat into the river with bounty hunters on his trailand his own freedom to fight for the freedom of his people....4129233His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad212275https://www.gandhi.com.mx/his-promised-land-the-autobiography-of-john-p-parker-former-slave-and-conductor-on-the-underground-railroad-9780393348019/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2945533/7c0c9581-132a-4b51-9890-9ab2c858a4e4.jpg?v=638384666467770000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2942804/7c0c9581-132a-4b51-9890-9ab2c858a4e4.jpg?v=638384662605870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook19989780393348019_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_Surpasses all previous slave narrativesUsually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parkers extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article. Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationIn the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad, His Promised Land is the unusual and stirring account of how the war against slavery was foughtand sometimes won. John P. Parker (18271900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil War. He recounts his years of slavery, his harrowing runaway attempt, and how he finally bought his freedom. Eventually moving to Ripley, Ohio, a stronghold of the abolitionist movement, Parker became an integral part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves cross the Ohio River from Kentucky and go north to freedom. Parker risked his lifehiding in coffins, diving off a steamboat into the river with bounty hunters on his trailand his own freedom to fight for the freedom of his people.(*_*)9780393348019_"Surpasses all previous slave narrativesUsually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parkers extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationIn the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad, His Promised Land is the unusual and stirring account of how the war against slavery was foughtand sometimes won. John P. Parker (18271900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil War. He recounts his years of slavery, his harrowing runaway attempt, and how he finally bought his freedom. Eventually moving to Ripley, Ohio, a stronghold of the abolitionist movement, Parker became an integral part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves cross the Ohio River from Kentucky and go north to freedom. Parker risked his lifehiding in coffins, diving off a steamboat into the river with bounty hunters on his trailand his own freedom to fight for the freedom of his people....9780393348019_W. W. Norton & Companylibro_electonico_11666646-132b-3862-a021-11b59d1a8441_9780393348019;9780393348019_9780393348019John P.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/wwnorton-epub-8a924698-04dc-4d67-b294-c6591f92fbb9.epub1998-01-17T00:00:00+00:00W. W. Norton & Company