Secret lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City : Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives / Don Papson and Tom Calarco ; foreword by A. J. Williams-Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papson, Don, 1941- author.

Calarco, Tom, author.

Williams-Myers, A. J., author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.

Gay, Sydney Howard.

Underground Railroad--New York (State)--New York.

Underground Railroad.

Fugitive slaves--New York (State)--New York--History.

Fugitive slaves.

Antislavery movements--New York (State)--New York--History.

Antislavery movements.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--19th century.

New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society's National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay's closest associate was Louis Napoleon, a free black man who played a major role in the James Kirk and Lemmon cases. For more than two years, Gay kept a record of the fugitives he and Napoleon aided. These never before published records are annotated in this book. Revealing how Gay was drawn into the bit

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by A.J. Williams-Myers; Preface; Introduction; 1-Sydney Howard Gay and the Cause; 2-Friends of Freedom; 3-A Slave Hunt in the Shadow of City Hall; 4-Louis Napoleon's Early Life; 5-More Fugitives and Challenges; 6-Stationmasters; 7-Outrages; 8-The Case That Made Louis Napoleon Famous; 9-Alliances and Misalliances; Annotated Record of Fugitives, 1855- and Later Years; 10-Introduction to the Record; 11-Gay's Underground Railroad Networks; 12-1855; 13-1856; 14-Addendum to the Record; 15-And Still They Come; 16-Civil War Years

17-After the Civil WarAppendices; I. Fugitives Passing through Philadelphia; II. Fugitives Sent to Albany; III. Fugitives Sent to Syracuse; IV. Fugitives Passing through Harrisburg; V. Fugitives Sent to Boston and New Bedford; VI. Fugitives Traveling by Sea; VII. Key to New York City Underground Railroad Map; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1871-2