Sailing to freedom : maritime dimensions of the Underground Railroad /

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"In 1858, Mary Millburn successfully made her escape from Norfolk, Virginia, to Philadelphia aboard an express steamship. Millburn's maritime route to freedom was far from uncommon. By the mid-nineteenth century, an increasing number of enslaved people had fled northward along the Atlantic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walker, Timothy Dale, 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Temas:
1800-1899
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
African Americans > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
Waterways > Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Esclaves fugitifs > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Voies navigables > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
African Americans
Antislavery movements
Fugitive slaves
Underground Railroad
Waterways
United States
United States > Atlantic Coast
History
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