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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad by Eric Foner. He was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of history at Columbia University. Foner received his doctoral degree from Columbia University. This book focuses on abolitionism organizations wanted to get rid of slavery and any unequal laws against slaves. Foner made the reader open-minded over the underground railroad, by being very descriptive of the time period and events.
To begin with, The New York City American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) was the rise of the abolitionist movement in New York City, by have blacks and white abolitionists worked together, blacks would hide the fugitives in their homes and speak in meetings; while white abolitionists financially contributed. …show more content…

Quakers were the rise of the abolitionists movement in New York City, they inspired others to manumit their slaves and let God speak for the will of a slave. However, the mobs made the decline of the abolitionist movement in New York City, due to attacking black buildings and white abolitionists homes. F.H.Pettis is a decline to the abolitionist movement in New York City, he wanted to capture fugitive slaves take them to court to prove their freedom or get returned to slavery .
Most importantly, the author implements a document from the Albany Vigilance Committee in 1856 displaying for the public to cooperate with funds for the fugitives passing through Albany by collecting materials and clothing for the fugitives; this helped them on their journey to freedom. Also, the author brings up the tale of Henry “Box” Brown to accommodate how he was trying to escape …show more content…

119) In addition, this quote explains the cause of the Fugitive Slave Act, leading to the impact of getting rid of the slave trade and took part of the compromise of 1850. There was a conflict between slavery and freedom what they would usually do is have a trial by jury to determine whether they were a slave or not, but the goal was to have freedom be widespread. The whole book talks about getting slavery abolished; including slaves, gaining freedom by going north. The Slave Act was made to make sure their freedom is guaranteed and not revoke the Fugitive Slave Act like the Republican state wanted to result to return the

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The book is called Gateway to Freedom written by Eric Foner .Eric Foner was an American historian where he wrote about American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography. Eric went to the university of Columbia and oxford. So, in conclusion I will tell you about the hidden history of the underground rail road.

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