Cargando…
Sketches in the history of the Underground Railroad /
True stories drawn from the inspirational and heartrending history of the Underground Railroad It is estimated that by 1850 over one hundred thousand slaves had escaped to freedom in the North via a network of safe houses and secret routes known collectively as the Underground Railroad. First publis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Open Road Integrated Media,
2015.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Dedication; INTRODUCTORY.; PREFACE.; CHAPTER I. THE SLAVE COFFLE AT WHEELING, VA.-THE KIND-HEARTED LANDLORD-THE GOOD SAMARITAN-THE HUNTERS MISLED-THE ESCAPE.; CHAPTER II. DAN'S TRIP FROM DUNKIRK-SEES HIS MASTER IN THE CAR-R.R. CONDUCTOR'S ADVICE FRIENDS IN NEED-SAFE ARRIVAL IN CANADA.; CHAPTER III. TOM STOWE-HIS VALUE TO HIS MASTER-HIS BOY SOLD AND HIS WIFE DIES-HE FINDS HIS BOY-HIS ESCAPE TO PITTSBURG, AND THENCE TO CANADA.; CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE U.G.R.R. "JO NORTON."
- CHAPTER V. JO NORTON, CONTINUED-MAKING THEIR WAY FROM WASHINGTON TO ALBANY-JO GOES TO SCHOOL-LECTURES TO BUY HIS WIFE AND CHILD-SUCCEEDS-THE HAPPY MEETINGCHAPTER VI. "JO NORTON," CONTINUED-HIS QUICKNESS AT REPARTEE-LECTURES IN VILLENOVA-SETTLES IN SYRACUSE-ENFORCING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW-THE "SHADRACH" CASE IN BOSTON-EFFECT ON SYRACUSE AND THE EMPIRE STATE; CHAPTER VII. THE "JERRY RESCUE"-JO NORTON HEADS THE PARTY THAT RESCUES JERRY-EXCITING TIMES IN SYRACUSE-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN CONTEMPT-JO GOES TO CANADA.
- CHAPTER VIII. GEORGE AND CLARA-THEY REACH OBERLIN-HOTLY PURSUED TAKE PASSAGE WITH CAPT. TITUS-RECOGNIZED BY THEIR OWNER-CAPT. TITUS' EXPERIENCE-AN INCIDENT OF THE BURNING OF THE ERIE-ESCAPE OF THE FUGITIVESCHAPTER IX. AN OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRAT-THE U.G.R.R. BUSINESS A MEANS OF POLITICAL CONVERSION; CHAPTER X. TWO DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORS VOTE FOR JAMES K. POLK-AND HAVE A VISIT THE EVENING AFTER ELECTION-THEY BECOME U.G.R.R. AGENTS-THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT.
- CHAPTER XI. TRUE DEMOCRATS VERSUS COPPERHEADS-THE ESCAPE OF STATIE AND LILA-FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., TO WARSAW, N.Y., IN A BOX-PURSUERS FOILED. CHAPTER XII. MARGARET-BORN ON A SLAVE SHIP-CHILDHOOD IN A KIND FAMILY-ANOTHER MASTER, WICKED, CRUEL, AND A COWARD-HER HUSBAND SOLD AND SHE ESCAPES-HUNTED WITH BLOOD-HOUNDS AND RESCUED BY A MASTIFF-ARRIVES IN NEW YORK-HER SON, SAMUEL R. WARD.; CHAPTER XIII. THE ESCAPE OF JIM AND HIS COMPANIONS-NIGHT MEETINGS AMONG THE SLAVES-AN ANGRY SOUTHERNER IN FREDONIA.
- CHAPTER XIV. BLACKSMITH HENRY-WORKS HIS WAY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO BALTIMORE-WRITES HIS OWN PASS AND GETS ON TO SPRINGVILLE, N.Y.-FALLS INTO GOOD HANDS AND GETS SAFELY THROUGH-SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY LIFE-A CHRISTIAN LADY IN KENTUCKY-A PREACHER IN A TIGHT PLACECHAPTER XV. JOE AND ROSA-SOLD-THE ESCAPE-THEY REACH THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF U.G.R.R.-DANGER SIGNALS-THE QUAKER FRIEND-THE MASTER ON THE TRACK
- OUTWITTED BY THE QUAKER-SAFE IN WILBERFORCE COLONY.