The American Experiment: to 1877
- ISBN-10
- 0395677521
- ISBN-13
- 9780395677520
- Series
- The American Experiment
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 652
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-02
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin College Division
- Author
- Steven M. Gillon
Description
Brown moved his family to North Elba , New York , to farm an estate donated to him by the prominent abolitionist Gerritt Smith . There , Brown and his growing sons continued to ferry runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad to ...
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