Borderland Blacks : Two Cities in the Niagara Region during the Final Decades of Slavery /

"In the early nineteenth century, Rochester, New York, and St. Catharines, Canada West, were the last stops on the Niagara branch of the Underground Railroad. Both cities handled substantial fugitive slave traffic and were logical destinations for the settlement of runaways because of their pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Broyld, dann j (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Transnationalism.
Social conditions.
Race relations.
Emigration and immigration.
Borderlands.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Transnationalisme > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > New York (État) > Rochester > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Transnationalism > History > 19th century.
Borderlands > Niagara Falls Region (N.Y. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Black people > Ontario > St. Catharines > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > Rochester > Social conditions > 19th century.
Ontario > St. Catharines.
North America > Niagara Falls Region.
New York (State) > Rochester.
St. Catharines (Ont.) > Race relations.
Rochester (N.Y.) > Race relations.
St. Catharines (Ont.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Rochester (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
St. Catharines (Ont.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Rochester (N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage for the journey : understanding the Niagara Region as a fluid frontier
  • Rochester, New York : "Right over the way"
  • St. Catharines, Canada West : "An important place for the oppressed"
  • A border that divides but also unites.

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