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The ground swallowed them up : slavery and the underground railroad in York County, Pa. / Scott Mingus.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Yk E 450 .M56 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mingus, Scott L., Sr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania.
- Underground Railroad.
- York County (Pa.)--History.
- York County (Pa.).
- Fugitive slaves--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- Historic sites--Pennsylvania.
- Historic sites.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--York County.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- York, Pa. : York County History Center, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr.
- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd
- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement
- The early growth of the Underground Railroad
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania
- An open pathway for fugitives
- From discord toward dissolution
- The bloody road to emancipation
- Afterword / James McClure
- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County
- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780979291555
- 0979291550
- OCLC:
- 965830554
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