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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strother, Horatio T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [1962]
Colección:HeinOnline. Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Temas:
Underground Railroad > Connecticut.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Underground Railroad
Connecticut
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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