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The Quiet War Begins: The Roots of the Underground Railroad in New York and Beyond
October 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
New York State struggled with pro- and anti-slavery sentiments conflicting with each other in the years leading up to the Civil War. New York was not alone. What was happening in New York State reflected what was happening in the nation. Join with renowned researcher and author Fergus Bordewich to learn more about New York State’s role in this national and international movement known as the Underground Railroad.
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Additional information about renowned researcher and author Fergus Bordewich is available by clicking HEREBooks by Fergus Bordewich:
Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future – “Brisk and tightly constructed, filled with vivid characters and finely wrought…Bordewich finds a country caught between the marvel of its material progress and the fragility of its ideals and institutions.” – The Atlantic
Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction – “A riveting chronicle of America’s Reconstruction Era campaign against the Ku Klux Klan.” – Publisher’s Weekly
The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government – “Finally, a popular and finely paced account of the Congress that could have easily unmade the new American republic.” – Washington Monthly
Bound for Canaan: the Underground Railroad and the War for teh Soul of America – “An important book of epic scope on America’s first racially integrated, religiously-inspired political movement for change.” – Goodreads