Enslavement and the underground railroad in Missouri and Illinois / Julie D. Nicolai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolai, Julie D., author.

Series:

American heritage (Charleston, S.C.)

[American heritage]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground Railroad--Missouri.

Underground Railroad.

Underground Railroad--Illinois.

Enslaved persons--Missouri--History.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Dwellings--Missouri.

Enslaved persons--Missouri--Death and burial.

Slave cemeteries--Missouri.

Slave cemeteries.

Slavery--Missouri--History--19th century.

Slavery.

African Americans--Missouri--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Missouri--History--19th century.

Missouri.

Illinois.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2023.

Summary:

"The Path to freedom in Missouri and Illinois. People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Caroline Quarlls escaped to Canada. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region's Congregationalists brought a fiery brand of abolitionism. And Prairie Park still holds the faded "haint" blue paint traditionally used on slave dwellings. Author Julia Nicolai details these and other incredible stories"-- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Underground railroad in Missouri and Illinois

Burial sites of enslaved people in Missouri

Dwellings of enslaved people in Missouri.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages [203]-207).

ISBN:

9781467154833

1467154830

OCLC:

1377717597