Aiming for Pensacola : Fugitive Slaves on the Atlantic and Southern Frontiers / Matthew J. Clavin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clavin, Matthew J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--Florida--Pensacola--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Fugitive slaves--United States--History.

Fugitive slaves--South Atlantic States--History.

Antislavery movements--Florida--Pensacola--History.

Antislavery movements.

Underground Railroad--Florida--Pensacola.

Underground Railroad.

Pensacola (Fla.)--Race relations.

Pensacola (Fla.).

Pensacola (Fla.)--Social conditions.

Pensacola (Fla.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before the Civil War, slaves who managed to escape almost always made their way northward along the Underground Railroad. Matthew Clavin recovers the story of fugitive slaves who sought freedom by paradoxically sojourning deeper into the American South toward an unlikely destination: the small seaport of Pensacola, Florida, a gateway to freedom.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Colonial Period

2. War of 1812 and Negro Fort

3. Interracialism and Resistance

4. Running Away

5. Underground Railroad

6. Civil War

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-674-08823-9

OCLC:

925305845