01688cam a2200349 i 4500 336110329 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 130329s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013010116 9781609381936 paperback : acid-free paper 1609381939 paperback : acid-free paper DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Soike, Lowell J. Necessary courage : Iowa's Underground Railroad in the struggle against slavery / Lowell J. Soike. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013. 292 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Iowa and the Midwest experience Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [277]-292). Introduction: Between Slavery and Freedom -- Iowa and the Politics of Slavery -- Iowa Becomes Antislavery -- The Struggle Intensifies -- A Hole of Abolitionists -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Political Change in Iowa -- Escapes and Rescues -- Iowa and the Martyrdom of John Brown -- Fearless Defiance -- War and Rebirth -- Remembering and Forgetting the Underground Railroad. 20170101. Underground Railroad Iowa. Fugitive slaves Iowa History 19th century. Antislavery movements Iowa History 19th century. Abolitionists Iowa History 19th century. Iowa History 19th century. Iowa Politics and government 19th century. Iowa and the Midwest experience.