Tom Calarco

The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Region

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780786464166
• ISBN-10: 078646416X
• Artikelnr.: 32466817

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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