Underground Railroad and the Geography of Violence in Antebellum - Americ

A new interpretation of the Underground Railroad that places violence at the center of the story.

List of contents

Part I. Origins to 1838: 1. Refugees all: the origins of the Underground Railroad; Part II. 1838-1850: 2. Under siege: borderland activists confront the violence of mastery; 3. Bondage and dignity: accommodation and collision in the contested region; 4. Free soil: Prigg, Latimer, and open resistance in the upper north; Part III. 1850-1860: 5. Law and degradation: lethal violence and beleaguered resistance in the borderland; 6. Above ground: open defiance and the limits of free soil; 7. The end of toleration: the collapse of the Fugitive Slave Act in the contested region; Epilogue: cultures of violence, secession, and war; Appendix: fugitive slave rescues, 1794-1861.

About the author

Robert H. Churchill is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hartford. He is the author of Shaking their Guns in the Tyrant's Face: Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement (2009).

Summary

The story of fugitives from enslavement and their travels on the Underground Railroad is a story of violence. This book tells the story of violent encounters between slave catchers, fugitives, Underground activists, and Northern communities and how these encounters contributed to sectional alienation and the coming of the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H Churchill, Robert H. Churchill, Robert H. (University of Hartford Churchill, Churchill Robert H.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108489126
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48912-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerikanische Geschichte, 1500 bis heute, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery