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His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad (1st Edition) by John P. Parker, Stuart Seely Sprague (Editor) Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-393-31718-8 / 0393317188 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31718-3 / 9780393317183 "Surpasses all previous slave narratives…Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." ―Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationIn the words of an African American conductor on the Underground Railroad, His |