Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad : the Geography of Resistance /

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"This enlightening study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: LaRoche, Cheryl Janifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Temas:
1800-1899
Underground Railroad > Indiana.
Underground Railroad > Illinois.
Underground Railroad > Ohio.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History.
African Americans > History > 19th century > Sources.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
African Americans > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > United States.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Underground Railroad
Fugitive slaves
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antislavery movements
African Americans > Antiquities
African Americans
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Electronic books.
History
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Free black communities. Rocky Fork, Illinois : oral tradition as memory ; Miller Grove, Illinois : linking a free black community to the Underground Railroad ; Lick Creek, Indiana : a Quaker connection ; Poke Patch, Ohio : a different route
  • Part II: Geographies of resistance. The geography of resistance ; Rethinking African American migration
  • Part III: Family, faith, and fraternity. Family, church, community : pillars of the black Underground Railroad movement ; Faith and fraternity ; Destination freedom
  • Appendix: Ministers chart.

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