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His Promised Land

Paperback • 1998 • English

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

By John P. Parker

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About the book

"Surpasses all previous slave narratives…Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." —Joseph J. Ellis, Civilization In 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 fought—and sometimes won. John P. Parker (1827—1900) told this dramatic story to a newspaperman after the Civil ...Show more

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ISBN

9780393317183

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

His Promised Land

Format

Paperback

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