{"product_id":"north-star-country-upstate-new-york-and-the-crusade-for-african-american-freedom-9780815629153","title":"North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Star Country\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the remarkable transformation of Upstate New York's famous 'Burned over District;' where the flames of religious revival sparked an abolitionist movement that eventually burst into the conflagration of the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilton C. Sernett details the regional presence of African Americans from the pre-Revolutionary War era through the Civil War, both as champions of liberty and as beneficiaries of a humanitarian spirit generated from evangelical impulses. He includes in his narrative the struggles of great abolitionists--among them Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Gerrit Smith, Beriah Green, Jermain Loguen, and Samuel May--and of many lesser-known characters who rescued fugitives from slave hunters, maintained safe houses along the Underground Railroad, and otherwise furthered the cause of freedom both regionally and in the nation as a whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSernett concludes with a compelling examination of the moral choices made during the Civil War by upstate New Yorkers--both black and white--and of the post-Appomattox campaign to secure freedom for the newly emancipated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12507318\"\u003eMilton Sernett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815629153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081562915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL020000\"\u003eAmerican Government | State\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eEthnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Black Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL004000\"\u003eCivil Rights\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMilton C. Sernett\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of African American studies and history at Syracuse University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAbolition's Axe: Beriah Green, Oneida Institute, and the Black Freedom \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStruggle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44547355934957,"sku":"9780815629153","price":19.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1857373a-d19a-459b-955b-75d39a8a1a32.jpg?v=1701618736","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/north-star-country-upstate-new-york-and-the-crusade-for-african-american-freedom-9780815629153","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}