SIEBERT, Wilbur H.
The Underground Railroad From Slavery to Freedom.
New York: The Macmillan Company , 1899.
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Wilbur H. Siebert's The Underground Railroad From Slavery to Freedom; inscribed by him
Rare second edition of this comprehensive study of the Underground Railroad. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, facsimiles, and maps, with one folding. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Dr. J. R. Robertson, with the compliments of the author." In very good condition. Introduction by Albert Bushnell Hart, professor of history in Harvard University. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Wilbur H. Siebert was a pioneering American historian whose research significantly shaped early scholarship on the Underground Railroad. A professor at Ohio State University, Siebert devoted much of his academic career to uncovering the clandestine operations that enabled thousands of enslaved people to escape to freedom in the antebellum United States. His most influential work, The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898), combined archival research with oral histories and personal correspondence to reconstruct escape routes and identify participants in the abolitionist network. While later historians have questioned some of his findings and methods, Siebert’s contributions remain foundational, particularly in bringing national attention to the complexity and scope of antislavery resistance.
The Underground Railroad From Slavery to Freedom.
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