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Pettit, Eber, fl. 1879 Sketches in the history of the Underground Railroad...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06839 Author/Creator: Pettit, Eber, fl. 1879 Place Written: Fredonia, NY Type: Book Date: 1879 Pagination: 174 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

Title continued: "Comprising many thrilling incidents of the escape of fugitives from slavery and the perils to those who aided them." First edition, with mounted albumen photograph frontispiece of Pettit. Original publishers brown cloth. Pettit was one of the chief conductors of the Underground Railroad. Not in Blockson Collection. Schomburg 326.973F-P, Work p.338.

Pettit, Eber, fl. 1879

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