Copyright © 1996 by The John P. Parker Historical Society
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parker, John P., 1827—1900.
His promised land : the autobiography of John P. Parker, former slave and conductor on the underground railroad / edited by Stuart Sprague.
p. cm.
1. Parker, John P., 1827—1900. 2. Slaves—Southern States—Biography. 3. Freedmen—Biography. 4. Afro-American abolitionists—Biography. 5. Underground railroad. I. Sprague, Stuart, 1937–. II. Title.
E450.P238 1996
975.004’96073’0092—dc20
96-14570
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