Thomas Garrett, a Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, had a genial disposition unless provoked to defend his strong anti-slavery beliefs. He believed strongly in the Underground Railroad and in helping slaves escape and chafed under the Quaker belief in non-violence. When he died in 1871, Wilmington's black community saluted him as "their Moses."
Station Master on the Underground Railroad was an important work in antebellum reform when it was first published in 1977. Author James McGowan disputed earlier arguments that white abolitionists were unified in their opposition to slavery and that they were largely responsible for the success of the Underground Railroad while the escaped slaves were helpless and frightened passengers who took advantage of a well-organized network. The present volume has been revised (in 2005) to include new information on Garrett's relationship with Harriet Tubman and the abolitionist newspaper editor William Lloyd Garrison. Now published in paperback, the book also gives readers a new perspective on Thomas Garrett, recognizing his shortcomings as well as the uncompromising nature of his Quaker faith.
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Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
17 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4240-9 (9780786442409)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The late James A. McGowan appeared on Good Morning America, Evening Magazine, Philadelphia's Prime Time and Visions. He won numerous awards throughout his career. He lived in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Table of Contents
Foreword by William C. Kashatus
Preface
1. The Underground Railroad
2. Early Accounts of Garrett's Life
3. Upper Darby Ancestry
4. Quakers and Quakerism
5. The Road to Damascus
6. The Move to Wilmington
7. Wilmington
8. Rachel (Mendinhall) Garrett
9. The Trial of 1848
10. Thomas Garrett, the Man
11. How Important Was Thomas Garrett?
12. Thomas Garrett and Harriet Tubman
13. How Many Runaways Did Garrett Assist?
14. The End of the Line
15. Letters to William Still & J. Miller McKim
16. Letters to William Lloyd Garrison
17. Letters to Eliza Wigham & Mary Edmundson
18. Miscellaneous Letters
Appendix A: Thomas Garrett Genealogy
Appendix B: Letters from John Hunn to The Blue Hen's Chicken
Appendix C: Letter from Thomas Garrett to The Blue Hen's Chicken
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
