The success of the Underground Railroad depended on the participation of sympathizers in hundreds of areas throughout the country, each operating independently. Each area was distinctive both geographically and societally. This work focuses on the contributions of people in the Adirondack region, including their collaboration with operatives from Albany to New York City.
With more than 10 years of research, the author has been able to take what for years in northern New York was considered akin to legend and transform it into history. Abolitionist newspapers--such as Friend of Man, Liberator, Pennsylvania Freeman, Emancipator, National Anti-Slavery Standard, and the little known Albany Patriot--that were published weekly from 1841 to 1848, as well as materials from local archives, were utilized.
The book has extensive maps, photographs and appendices; key contributors to the cause are identified, abolition meetings and conventions are described, and maps of the Underground Railroad stations by county are provided.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"presented in an engaging manner...clearly organized chapters...Calarco's exhaustive research, coupled with inspired selections from period source material, help bring these fearless 'Conductors' to life"-Lake Champlain Weekly; "comprehensive"-Adirondack Life.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
94 photos, maps, notes, bibliography, appendices, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6416-6 (9780786464166)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Tom Calarco is a professional writer whose antislavery research is widely recognized. He was awarded the 2008 Underground Railroad Free Press Prize for advancing the knowledge and study of the Underground Railroad. He lives in Ohio.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART I: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND ITS ROLE IN THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
Introduction
1. The Legend
2. Roots
3. The Higher Law
4. Jehovah Has Decreed It!
5. The Sword Is Now Drawn
6. On Account of Color
7. The Byway to Freedom
8. Establishing Outposts
9. Another Strategy
10. The Forgotten Abolitionist
11. Heard It Through the Grapevine
12. Roll It Along
13. Death and Transfiguration
14. A Breach Has Been Made
15. Fat of the Land
16. Exodus
17. In Search of the Promised Land
18. Voices Crying in the Wilderness
19. To the Rescue
20. Family Matters
21. Go West, Young Abolitionist
22. Never Half What It Is Now
23. All Aboard!
24. Marching to Immortality
PART II: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STOPS IN EASTERN NEW YORK FROM NEW YORK CITY TO CANADA
Introduction
25. Stops in New York City
26. Stops in the Mid-Hudson Region
27. Stops in Albany County
28. Stops in Rensselaer County
29. Stops in Washington County
30. Stops in Clinton County
31. Stops in Saratoga County
32. Stops in Warren County
33. Stops in Essex and Franklin Counties
34. Stops in St. Lawrence County
APPENDICES
I: Delegates to the Organizational Meeting of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society, Utica (October 21, 1835)
II: Anti-Slavery Societies in Northeastern New York (Before 1840)
III: Fugitives from Slavery Who Passed Through Albany
IV: Leadership of the Orthodox Congregational Church, Union Village
V: Statistics on the Black Population in the Town of Greenwich, 1840 to 1860
VI: Homes with Probable Abolitionist Sympathizers Described in Everest's Pioneer Homes
VII: Possible Participants in Eastern New York's Underground Railroad
Works Cited
Index
