{"product_id":"9781614234951","title":"Northborough in the Civil War: Citizen Soldiering and Sacrifice","description":"A small town in the center of Massachusetts seems an unlikely place for altering the tide of war and public opinion, but the town of Northborough played just such a role. Slavery had already sparked the War Between the States, but abolition was not the majority view. Abolitionists on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line gave their lives for change, perhaps nowhere more passionately than in Northborough. More than half of the town�s best and brightest joined the fray, and this vigorous anti-slavery activity demands attention: were towns like Northborough�welcoming of abolitionists and strongly involved in the fight�instrumental in changing the outcome via an emancipation that had to be proclaimed mid-war?","brand":"The History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46548170309873,"sku":"9781614234951","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781614234951_p0.jpg?v=1773905456","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614234951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}