Slave escapes & the Underground Railroad in North Carolina / Steve M. Miller & J. Timothy Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Steve M., author.

Allen, J. Timothy (James Timothy), 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--North Carolina.

Fugitive slaves.

Escapes--North Carolina.

Escapes.

Underground Railroad--North Carolina.

Underground Railroad.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Slave escapes and the Underground Railroad in North Carolina

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2016.

Summary:

Freedom's journey in the Tarheel State, Quaker safe houses and freed slave communities were a fixture in North Carolina. The Coffin family in Greensboro helped develop safe zones and houses on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s. In the east, networks of freedmen and sympathizers aided slaves, hiding in remote locations such as the Dismal Swamp. In coastal towns like New Bern and Wilmington, slaves were secreted aboard ships in search of freedom along maritime routes. Authors Tim Allen and Steve Miller use harrowing firsthand accounts to investigate how African Americans escaped oppression in a dark chapter of Tarheel State history. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Underground Railroad : a confusing idea

The Underground Railroad : background and definitions

Runaways and the North Carolina law

Who were the slaves?

Quakers and the Underground Railroad

William Still

Austin Bearse, William Beard and William Mitchell

The heroine of Edenton, Harriet Jacobs

Runaways during the Civil War

Appendix: Where to go.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781467117852

1467117854

OCLC:

944086843

Publisher Number:

99968490714