In this Book
- Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
This enlightening study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche focuses instead on free African American communities, the crucial help they provided to individuals fleeing slavery, and the terrain where those flights to freedom occurred.
Table of Contents
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- List of Figures
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-18
- Part I: Free Black Communities
- Part II: Geographies of Resistance
- 5. The Geography of Resistance
- pp. 87-102
- 6. Rethinking African American Migration
- pp. 103-124
- Part III: Family, Faith, and Fraternity
- 8. Faith and Fraternity
- pp. 145-155
- 9. Destination Freedom
- pp. 156-162
- Bibliography
- pp. 191-218
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252095894
Related ISBN(s)
9780252038044, 9780252079542
MARC Record
OCLC
884547449
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2014-08-19
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013