The Underground Railroad - A Reference Guide

Zusatztext This book, part of the Guides to Historic Events in America series, brings into perspective what the Underground Railroad did and how it operated. . . . Recommended for school and public libraries. Informationen zum Autor Kerry Walters is the William Bittinger Professor of Philosophy and professor of peace and justice studies at Gettysburg College, USA. He is the author or editor of over 20 books, including Benjamin Franklin and His Gods , Revolutionary Deists: Early America's Rational Infidels , and a critical edition of Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason . Klappentext Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons-white and black, men and women, from all walks of life-to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The Underground Railroad provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. Kerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine "liberty lines" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom-including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life "Eliza" and "Uncle Tom" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin . Vorwort Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons—white and black, men and women, from all walks of life—to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Zusammenfassung Full of true stories more dramatic than any fiction, The Underground Railroad: A Reference Guide offers a fresh, revealing look at the efforts of hundreds of dedicated persons—white and black, men and women, from all walks of life—to help slave fugitives find freedom in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The Underground Railroad provides the richest portrayal yet of the first large scale act of interracial collaboration in the United States, mapping out the complex network of routes and safe stations that made escape from slavery in the American South possible. Kerry Walters' stirring account ranges from the earliest acts of slave resistance and the rise of the Abolitionist movement, to the establishment of clandestine "liberty lines" through the eastern and then-western regions of the Union and ultimately to Canada. Separating fact from legend, Walters draws extensively on first-person accounts of those who made the Railroad work, those who tried to stop it, and those who made the treacherous journey to freedom—including Eliza Harris and Josiah Henson, the real-life "Eliza" and "Uncle Tom" from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin . Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of Events Introduction The Underground Railroad: Legend and Reality Chapter 1. Resisting Ol' Massa: Modes of Slave Defiance Chapter 2. Following the Drinking Gourd: Fleeing Servitude Chapter 3. Riding the Liberty Line: Underground Railroad Routes Chapter 4. Laying the Track above Ground: Overt Defiance and Rescues Chapter 5. Crossing into Canaan: The Underground Railroad's Canadian Terminus Conclusion The End of the LineBiographies: Personalities of the Underground RailroadAppendix: Primary Documents of the Under...

Product details

• Authors: Kerry Walters
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9798765115015
• ISBN: 9798765115015
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Guides to Historic Events in America
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous