The Underground railroad in Connecticut / Horatio T. Strother.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strother, Horatio T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground railroad.

Connecticut.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [1962]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of a ""railroad"" shrouded in secrecy

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

1. Blazing the trail

2. Thorny is the pathway

3. Fugitives in flight

4. The captives of the Amistad

5. A house divided

6. "This pretended law we cannot obey"

7. New Haven, gateway from the sea

8. West Connecticut trunk lines

9. East Connecticut locals

10. Valley line to Hartford

11. Middletown, a way station

12. Farmington, the Grand Central station

13. The road in full swing

Appendices

1. Narrative of Mr. Nehemiah Caulkins of Waterford, Connecticut

2. Underground Railroad agents in Connecticut

3. Slaves and free negroes in Connecticut, 1639-1860

4. Antislavery aocieties in Connecticut, 1837

5. Slaves in Connecticut, 1830

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8195-7296-9

OCLC:

557777574