LEADER 04835nam 2200757 450 001 9910465031203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-252-09589-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000202178 035 $a(EBL)3414371 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001290759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11682522 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001290759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11246028 035 $a(PQKB)11220422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414371 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001642069 035 $a(OCoLC)884547449 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29692 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10901919 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL629316 035 $a(OCoLC)923498722 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000202178 100 $a20140816h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFree Black communities and the Underground Railroad $ethe geography of resistance /$fCheryl Janifer LaRoche 210 1$aUrbana, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-07954-X 311 $a0-252-03804-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"In Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad, Cheryl LaRoche brings the tools of archaeology to the study of the Underground Railroad movement. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, this study examines the interactions of those fleeing slavery, the Black communities that helped them, and the terrain where their struggles occurred. LaRoche's approach foregrounds the African Americans who were at the forefront of the movement, or "on the front-line of freedom." Small rural pre-Civil War free Black border communities were conduits for escape. As the first points of entry into the treacherous southern regions of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Black communities in the southernmost counties bordering the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers were positioned to offer sanctuary to anyone able to escape slavery. LaRoche explores oral family and personal histories, memories, documents, maps, memoirs and archaeological investigations of the historic communities of Rocky Fork and Miller Grove in Illinois, Lick Creek, Indiana, and Poke Patch, Ohio. These untold stories of the Underground Railroad reveal a geography of resistance viewed through local African-American strategies for equal rights and social justice"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"This enlightening study employs the tools of archaeology to uncover a new historical perspective on the Underground Railroad. Unlike previous histories of the Underground Railroad, which have focused on frightened fugitive slaves and their benevolent abolitionist accomplices, Cheryl LaRoche focuses instead on free African American communities, the crucial help they provided to individuals fleeing slavery, and the terrain where those flights to freedom occurred. This study foregrounds several small, rural hamlets on the treacherous southern edge of the free North in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. LaRoche demonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad. Rich in oral histories, maps, memoirs, and archaeological investigations, this examination of the "geography of resistance" tells the new powerful and inspiring story of African Americans ensuring their own liberation in the midst of oppression. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zIndiana 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zIllinois 606 $aUnderground Railroad$zOhio 606 $aFugitive slaves$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y19th century$vSources 606 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xAntiquities 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aUnderground Railroad 615 0$aFugitive slaves$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xAntiquities. 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a973.7/115 700 $aLaRoche$b Cheryl Janifer$0938291 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465031203321 996 $aFree Black communities and the Underground Railroad$92113779 997 $aUNINA