Slavery The Underground Railroad In South Central Pennsylvania
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Slavery The Underground Railroad In South Central Pennsylvania
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Author : Cooper H Wingert
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2015-06-08
Slavery The Underground Railroad In South Central Pennsylvania written by Cooper H Wingert and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-08 with History categories.
This in-depth history examines how a stronghold of slavery in Pennsylvania became a central hub for the abolitionist cause. Much like the rest of the nation, South Central Pennsylvania has a fraught history of struggle over slavery. The institution lingered locally for more than fifty years, even as it went virtually extinct everywhere else within Pennsylvania. Gradually, abolitionist views prevailed as the region became an important destination for enslaved people escaping the south. The Appalachian Mountains and the Susquehanna River provided natural cover for fugitive, causing an influx of travel along the Underground Railroad. Locals like William Wright and James McAllister assisted these runaways while publicly advocating to abolish slavery. In this expert study, historian Cooper Wingert reveals the struggles between slavery and abolition in South Central Pennsylvania.
Abolitionists Of South Central Pennsylvania
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Author : Cooper H. Wingert
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2018
Abolitionists Of South Central Pennsylvania written by Cooper H. Wingert and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Close to the Mason-Dixon line, South Central Pennsylvania was a magnet for slave catchers and abolitionists alike. Influenced by religion and empathy, local abolitionists risked their reputations, fortunes and lives in the pursuit of what they believed was right. The sister of Benjamin Lundy, one of America's most famous abolitionists, married into an Adams County family and spent decades helping runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. National figures such as Frederick Douglass toured the region, delivering antislavery orations to mixed receptions. In 1859, John Brown planned his Harpers Ferry raid from Chambersburg while local abolitionists concealed his identity. Author Cooper Wingert reveals the history of the antislavery movement in South Central Pennsylvania.
On The Edge Of Freedom
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Author : David G. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-15
On The Edge Of Freedom written by David G. Smith and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with History categories.
In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania—a border region of a border state with a complicated history of slavery, antislavery activism, and unequal freedom. During the antebellum decades every single fugitive slave escaping by land east of the Appalachian Mountains had to pass through the region, where they faced both significant opportunities and substantial risks. While the hundreds of fugitives traveling through south central Pennsylvania (defined as Adams, Franklin, and Cumberland counties) during this period were aided by an effective Underground Railroad, they also faced slave catchers and informers. “Underground” work such as helping fugitive slaves appealed to border antislavery activists who shied away from agitating for immediate abolition in a region with social, economic, and kinship ties to the South. And, as early antislavery protests met fierce resistance, area activists adopted a less confrontational approach, employing the more traditional political tools of the petition and legal action. Smith traces the victories of antislavery activists in south central Pennsylvania, including the achievement of a strong personal liberty law and the aggressive prosecution of kidnappers who seized innocent African Americans as fugitives. He also documents how their success provoked Southern retaliation and the passage of a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law in 1850. The Civil War then intensified the debate over fugitive slaves, as hundreds of escaping slaves, called “contrabands,” sought safety in the area, and scores were recaptured by the Confederate army during the Gettysburg campaign. On the Edge of Freedom explores in captivating detail the fugitive slave issue through fifty years of sectional conflict, war, and reconstruction in south central Pennsylvania and provocatively questions what was gained by the activists’ pragmatic approach of emphasizing fugitive slaves over immediate abolition and full equality. Smith argues that after the war, social and demographic changes in southern Pennsylvania worked against African Americans’ achieving equal opportunity, and although local literature portrayed this area as a vanguard of the Underground Railroad, African Americans still lived “on the edge of freedom.” By the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was rallying near the Gettysburg battlefield, and south central Pennsylvania became, in some ways, as segregated as the Jim Crow South. The fugitive slave issue, by reinforcing images of dependency, may have actually worked against the achievement of lasting social change.
Underground Railroad In Pennsylvania
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Author : William J. Switala
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2001
Underground Railroad In Pennsylvania written by William J. Switala and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Includes detailed maps of the known routes and railroad sites. Organized in antebellum America to help slaves escape to freedom, the Underground Railroad was cloaked in secrecy and operated at great peril to everyone involved. The system was extremely active in Pennsylvania, with routes in all parts of the state.This book retraces those routes, discusses the large city networks, identifies the houses and sites where escapees found refuge, and records the names of the people who risked their lives to support the operation.
Abandoned Tracks
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Author : W. Thomas Mainwaring
language : en
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Release Date : 2018-04-30
Abandoned Tracks written by W. Thomas Mainwaring and has been published by University of Notre Dame Pess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-30 with History categories.
In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
The Underground Railroad In Pennsylvania
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Author : Charles L. Blockson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Underground Railroad In Pennsylvania written by Charles L. Blockson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
On The Edge Of Freedom
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Author : David Grant Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
On The Edge Of Freedom written by David Grant Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Abolitionists categories.
In this work, Smith illuminates the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania a border region of a border state with a complicated history of slavery antislavery activism, and unequal freedom.
History Of The Underground Railroad In Chester And The Neighboring Counties Of Pennsylvania
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Author : Robert Clemens Smedley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
History Of The Underground Railroad In Chester And The Neighboring Counties Of Pennsylvania written by Robert Clemens Smedley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Abolitionists categories.
The Underground Railroad
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Author : Michael Burgan
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2006
The Underground Railroad written by Michael Burgan and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the system by which black slaves escaped captivity in the southern United States.
The Underground Railroad A Record Of Facts Authentic Narratives Letters C Narrating The Hardships Hair Breadth Escapes And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts For Freedom As Related By Themselves And Others Or Witnessed By The Author
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Author : William Still
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1872-01-01
The Underground Railroad A Record Of Facts Authentic Narratives Letters C Narrating The Hardships Hair Breadth Escapes And Death Struggles Of The Slaves In Their Efforts For Freedom As Related By Themselves And Others Or Witnessed By The Author written by William Still and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872-01-01 with Fiction categories.