231a -Fergus M. Bordewich-Bound for Canaan on the Underground Railroad

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231a -Fergus M. Bordewich-Bound for Canaan on the Underground Railroad

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Jun 2, 2006

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Part 1 - One of the paths that led to the Civil War was a hidden one: the Underground Railroad. Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America, reveals the reality behind a much mythologized historical phenomenon.

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Jun 2, 2006

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CWTR is a weekly, hour long, intenet-based talk radio show hosted by Gerry Prokopowicz of East Carolina University. Each week, Gerry interviews leading historians, authors, enthusiasts, etc. on all things Civil War related.

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