It takes the average reader 1 hour and 55 minutes to read Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Fairfield, Iowa by Rory Goff
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The fruit of over ten years of deep research, this book reveals that by 1856, Fairfield was on the "direct line" as a prominent hub of Iowa's Underground Railroad. New evidence suggests that right from Fairfield's founding in 1839, some heroic Fairfielders were risking everything to illegally help Blacks flee captivity from the slave state of Missouri only 30 miles south. The book documents the tumultuous years before the Civil War to show how this farming community gradually evolved from a "hands-off" attitude toward Southern slavery, and awoke to its moral need to value human rights over...
Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Fairfield, Iowa by Rory Goff is 114 pages long, and a total of 28,956 words.
This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 35% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 38 minutes to read Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Fairfield, Iowa aloud.
Anti-Slavery and the Underground Railroad in Fairfield, Iowa is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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