Aiming for Pensacola : fugitive slaves on the Atlantic and Southern frontiers /

"Before the abolition of slavery in the United States, Pensacola, Florida, was the site of extensive and enduring interracial resistance to slavery. In times of peace, fugitive slaves running to and from Pensacola encountered free men and women of various races, ethnicities, and nationalities--...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clavin, Matthew J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Fugitive slaves > Florida > Pensacola > History.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History.
Fugitive slaves > South Atlantic States > History.
Antislavery movements > Florida > Pensacola > History.
Underground Railroad > Florida > Pensacola.
Esclaves fugitifs > Floride > Pensacola > Histoire.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Esclaves fugitifs > États du Sud-Atlantique (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Floride > Pensacola > Histoire.
Underground Railroad > Floride > Pensacola.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Antislavery movements.
Fugitive slaves.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Underground Railroad.
Pensacola (Fla.) > Race relations.
Pensacola (Fla.) > Social conditions.
Pensacola (Fla.) > History.
Pensacola (Flor.) > Histoire.
Florida > Pensacola.
United States.
United States > South Atlantic States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Before the abolition of slavery in the United States, Pensacola, Florida, was the site of extensive and enduring interracial resistance to slavery. In times of peace, fugitive slaves running to and from Pensacola encountered free men and women of various races, ethnicities, and nationalities--including farmers, laborers, mechanics, and seamen--who subsisted on the margins of society and had no vested interest in maintaining slavery or white supremacy. In times of war, they confronted soldiers and sailors who tried to demolish the foundation of slavery entirely. As a result, interracial resistance to slavery survived and often thrived in Pensacola in the century before the Civil War, and when the shockwaves of that revolutionary sectional conflict reverberated across the city, they proved vital to the institution's destruction"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674088238
0674088239

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