I've got a home in glory land : a lost tale of the underground railroad / Karolyn Smardz Frost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smardz Frost, Karolyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blackburn, Thornton, 1813 or 1814-1890.

Blackburn, Thornton.

Blackburn, Lucie, -1895.

Blackburn, Lucie.

Fugitive slaves--Ontario--Toronto--Biography.

Fugitive slaves.

African Americans--Ontario--Toronto--Biography.

African Americans.

Antislavery movements.

Enslaved persons.

Toronto (Ont.)--Biography.

Toronto (Ont.).

Enslaved persons--Kentucky--Biography.

African Americans--Kentucky--Biography.

Underground Railroad.

Antislavery movements--North America.

North America.

Kentucky.

Ontario--Toronto.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Summary:

As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "sold down the river" to the slave markets of New Orleans in 1831, young Thornton Blackburn planned a daring escape from Louisville. Discovered by slave catchers in Michigan, they were slated to return to Kentucky in chains, until the black community rallied to their cause in the Blackburn Riot of 1833. The couple was spirited across the river to Canada, but Michigan's governor demanded their extradition. The Blackburn case was the first serious legal dispute between Canada and the United States regarding the Underground Railroad, and set precedents for all future fugitive-slave cases. The Blackburns settled in Toronto and founded the city's first taxi business. Working with prominent abolitionists, Thornton and Lucie made their home a haven for runaways. The Blackburns died in the 1890s, and a chance archaeological discovery in a downtown Toronto school yard brought their story to light.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Kentucky: Wade in the water, children

There is a land beyond the river

On Jordan's bank

Troubling the waters

I'm bound to go

Now let me fly

Detroit: Steal away, steal away, I ain't got long to stay here

Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go!

Canada: Oh, freedom!

One more river to cross

Wrestling Jacob

At home in the promised land

Soldiers in the Army of the Lord

Gird up your sword

Oh, wasn't that a wide river?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-436) and index.

ISBN:

0374164819

9780374164812

OCLC:

63122720

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