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- Title
Across the Border to Freedom: The International Underground Railroad Memorial and the Meanings of Migration.
- Authors
FAIRES, NORA
- Abstract
The essay focuses on the symbolic meanings behind migrations and the history of the International Underground Railroad Memorial in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. The author discusses the history of migration through the antislavery movement Underground Railroad, explores the relationship between American and Canadian cultures on the U.S.-Canada border, and explains how borders influence the meaning of nation.
- Subjects
CANADIAN-American Border Region; CANADA; UNITED States; UNDERGROUND Railroad (U.S. history); EMIGRATION &; immigration; ANTISLAVERY movements; MEMORIALS; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of American Ethnic History, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 2, p38
- ISSN
0278-5927
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.5406/jamerethnhist.32.2.0038