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

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"In Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad, Cheryl LaRoche brings the tools of archaeology to the study of the Underground Railroad movement. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist ac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: LaRoche, Cheryl Janifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
African Americans.
African Americans > Antiquities.
Antislavery movements.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Fugitive slaves.
Underground Railroad.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Fouilles (Archeologie) > États-Unis.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs americains > Histoire > 19e siecle > Sources.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Underground Railroad > Ohio.
Underground Railroad > Illinois.
Underground Railroad > Indiana.
Excavations (Archaeology) > United States.
Antislavery movements > United States > History.
African Americans > History > 19th century > Sources.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History.
Illinois.
Indiana.
Ohio.
United States.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
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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