African Abolitionist T. J. Alexander on the Ohio and Indiana - Underground Railroad

This book examines Thornton J. Alexander, who was a station manager and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Indiana. The authors examine how his formative years into adulthood was spent in bondage until he was emancipated in 1816, and how he then purchased land in Ohio and Indiana to facilitate his clandestine emancipation work.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1- Formative Years in the Carceral Systems
Chapter 2- From Anomabo to Fredericksburg
Chapter 3-The War on Africa and Her Diaspora
Chapter 4-The Abolitionists
Chapter 5-Liberation, Emancipation and Freedom
Chapter 6-The Liberty Line in Darke County, Ohio
Chapter 7-The Liberty Line in Edgewood, Indiana
Chapter 8-Union Literary Institute
Chapter 9-White Grievance Codes
Chapter 10-Fight or Flight
Chapter 11-Ties that Bind

About the author

Paula D. Royster teaches at Purdue University Global.
Gregory M. George II has earned degrees from National University and California State University, Fullerton.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory M. George, Paula D. Royster, Paula D. George Royster
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781793653475
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-347-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, HISTORY / African American & Black