The Underground Railroad In Connecticut
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Author | : Horatio T. Strother |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2012-08-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0819572969 |
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This account of fugitive slaves traveling through Connecticut “includes many stories from descendants of the underground agents . . . a definitive work.” —Hartford Courant Here are the engrossing facts about one of the least-known aspects of Connecticut’s history—the rise, organization, and operations of the Underground Railroad, over which fugitive slaves from the South found their way to freedom. Drawing his data from published sources and, perhaps more importantly, from the still-existing oral tradition of descendants of Underground agents, Horatio Strother tells the detailed story in this book, originally published in 1962. He traces the routes from entry points such as New Haven harbor and the New York state line, through important crossroads like Brooklyn and Farmington. Revealing the dangers fugitives faced, the author also identifies the high-minded lawbreakers who operated the system—farmers and merchants, local officials and judges, at least one United States Senator, and many dedicated ministers of the Gospel. These narratives are set against the larger background of the development of slavery and abolitionism in America—conversations still relevant today.
Author | : Horatio T. STROTHER |
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Release | : 1962 |
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Author | : Horatio T. Strother |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Underground Railroad |
ISBN | : 0819530255 |
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The story of a ""railroad"" shrouded in secrecy.
Author | : Horation T. Strother |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2017-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780282375942 |
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Excerpt from The Underground Railroad in Connecticut For their wise encouragement and valued suggestions, the writer is most thankful to Peter Schroeder and to Al bert E. Van Dusen, of the University of Connecticut. And finally, to his wife Joanne, without whose constant support this work could not have been completed, goes his highest regard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Horatio T. Strother |
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Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1957 |
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Author | : American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 19 |
Release | : 1976* |
Genre | : Fugitive slaves |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michelle Arnosky Sherburne |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2021-05-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625856377 |
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New Hampshire was once a hotbed of abolitionist activity. But the state had its struggles with slavery, with Portsmouth serving as a slave-trade hub for New England. Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Nathaniel Peabody Rogers and Stephen Symonds Foster helped create a statewide antislavery movement. Abolitionists and freed slaves assisted in transporting escapees to freedom via the Underground Railroad. Author Michelle Arnosky Sherburne uncovers the truth about slavery, the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement in New Hampshire.
Author | : Colson Whitehead |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345804325 |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • "An American masterpiece" (NPR) that chronicles a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. • The basis for the acclaimed original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood—where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. Look for Colson Whitehead’s new novel, Crook Manifesto, coming soon!
Author | : Robert H. Churchill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2020-01-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108489125 |
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A new interpretation of the Underground Railroad that places violence at the center of the story.
Author | : Donna Lagoy |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2016-09-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625857012 |
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The Town of Chester in upstate Warren County, New York, was a secret haven for runaway slaves escaping to Canada along the Underground Railroad. The small Adirondack town holds as many as nine confirmed or suspected sites where fugitives once found shelter. Stories abound of residents discovering secret rooms containing beds and other artifacts within their homes. The first abolitionist pastor of the Darrowsville Wesleyan Church, Reverend Thomas Baker, reportedly hid fugitive slaves in the parsonage. Color photographs and interviews with current residents illuminate the region's hidden history with the Underground Railroad movement. With the support of the Historical Society of the Town of Chester, Donna Lagoy and Laura Seldman reveal these courageous stories of local families who risked everything in the pursuit of freedom for all.