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Review of Sailing to Freedom edited by Timothy D. Walker

February 9, 2024

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Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad. Ed. Timothy D. Walker. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2021. Paperback ISBN: 9781625345929. Hardcover ISBN: 9781625345936.

Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

Edited by Jeanne E. Grant

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