The Martyrdom of Abolitionist Charles Torrey /

During his brief yet remarkable career, abolitionist Charles Torrey -- called the ""father of the Underground Railroad"" by his peers -- assisted almost four hundred slaves in gaining their freedom. A Yale graduate and an ordained minister, Torrey set up a well-organized route fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Torrey, Charles T. > (Charles Turner), > 1813-1846.
Torrey, Charles T. > (Charles Turner), > 1813-1846 > Death and burial.
Torrey, Charles T. > (Charles Turner), > 1813-1846 > Imprisonment.
Torrey, Charles T. > (Charles Turner), > 1813-1846 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Underground Railroad.
Imprisonment.
Fugitive slaves.
Clergy.
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Clerge > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Biographies.
Esclaves fugitifs > Maryland > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Maryland > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Underground Railroad > Maryland.
Abolitionnistes > Maryland > Biographies.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Clergy > New England > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Maryland > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
United States.
New England.
Maryland.
History.
Biographies.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An Abolitionist Schism
  • Discovering God and Slaves
  • Political Abolitionism
  • The First Arrest
  • Aggressive Abolitionism
  • The Second Arrest
  • Trial
  • Prison and Death
  • Aftermath
  • Assessment
  • Postscript.

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