Running a thousand miles for freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery / / by William Craft and Ellen Craft ; introduction by Barbara McCaskill |
Autore | Craft William |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.3/62/092273
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | CraftEllen |
Soggetto topico |
Fugitive slaves - United States
Fugitive slaves - England Enslaved persons - Georgia Enslaved persons' writings, American |
ISBN |
1-283-11054-7
9786613110541 0-8203-4080-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom""; ""Preface""; ""Part I""; ""Part II""; ""Supplementary Readings""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781390203321 |
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Running a thousand miles for freedom [[electronic resource] ] : the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery / / by William Craft and Ellen Craft ; introduction by Barbara McCaskill |
Autore | Craft William |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.3/62/092273
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | CraftEllen |
Soggetto topico |
Fugitive slaves - United States
Fugitive slaves - England Enslaved persons - Georgia Enslaved persons' writings, American |
ISBN |
1-283-11054-7
9786613110541 0-8203-4080-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom""; ""Preface""; ""Part I""; ""Part II""; ""Supplementary Readings""; ""Suggestions for Further Reading"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818971603321 |
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The search for Planter : the ship that escaped Charleston and carried Robert Smalls to destiny / / Bruce G. Terrell, Gordon P. Watts & Timothy J. Runyan |
Autore | Terrell Bruce G. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Silver Spring, Maryland : , : NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 24 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Collana | Maritime Heritage Program series |
Soggetto topico |
Fugitive slaves - United States
Archaeological surveying - Atlantic Coast (U.S.) - Methodology Shipwrecks - Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) Shipwrecks - Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) - Remote sensing |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Search for Planter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910707179203321 |
Terrell Bruce G.
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Sketches in the history of the Underground railroad / / Eber Pettit ; cover design by Andrea Worthington |
Autore | Pettit Eber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (106 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.44930973 |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4804-4293-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; INTRODUCTORY.; PREFACE.; CHAPTER I. THE SLAVE COFFLE AT WHEELING, VA.-THE KIND-HEARTED LANDLORD-THE GOOD SAMARITAN-THE HUNTERS MISLED-THE ESCAPE.; CHAPTER II. DAN'S TRIP FROM DUNKIRK-SEES HIS MASTER IN THE CAR-R. R. CONDUCTOR'S ADVICE FRIENDS IN NEED-SAFE ARRIVAL IN CANADA.; CHAPTER III. TOM STOWE-HIS VALUE TO HIS MASTER-HIS BOY SOLD AND HIS WIFE DIES-HE FINDS HIS BOY-HIS ESCAPE TO PITTSBURG, AND THENCE TO CANADA.; CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE U. G. R. R. "JO NORTON."
CHAPTER V. JO NORTON, CONTINUED-MAKING THEIR WAY FROM WASHINGTON TO ALBANY-JO GOES TO SCHOOL-LECTURES TO BUY HIS WIFE AND CHILD-SUCCEEDS-THE HAPPY MEETINGCHAPTER VI. "JO NORTON," CONTINUED-HIS QUICKNESS AT REPARTEE-LECTURES IN VILLENOVA-SETTLES IN SYRACUSE-ENFORCING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW-THE "SHADRACH" CASE IN BOSTON-EFFECT ON SYRACUSE AND THE EMPIRE STATE; CHAPTER VII. THE "JERRY RESCUE"-JO NORTON HEADS THE PARTY THAT RESCUES JERRY-EXCITING TIMES IN SYRACUSE-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN CONTEMPT-JO GOES TO CANADA CHAPTER VIII. GEORGE AND CLARA-THEY REACH OBERLIN-HOTLY PURSUED TAKE PASSAGE WITH CAPT. TITUS-RECOGNIZED BY THEIR OWNER-CAPT. TITUS' EXPERIENCE-AN INCIDENT OF THE BURNING OF THE ERIE-ESCAPE OF THE FUGITIVESCHAPTER IX. AN OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRAT-THE U. G. R. R. BUSINESS A MEANS OF POLITICAL CONVERSION; CHAPTER X. TWO DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORS VOTE FOR JAMES K. POLK-AND HAVE A VISIT THE EVENING AFTER ELECTION-THEY BECOME U. G. R. R. AGENTS-THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT CHAPTER XI. TRUE DEMOCRATS VERSUS COPPERHEADS-THE ESCAPE OF STATIE AND LILA-FROM WASHINGTON, D. C., TO WARSAW, N. Y., IN A BOX-PURSUERS FOILED.CHAPTER XII. MARGARET-BORN ON A SLAVE SHIP-CHILDHOOD IN A KIND FAMILY-ANOTHER MASTER, WICKED, CRUEL, AND A COWARD-HER HUSBAND SOLD AND SHE ESCAPES-HUNTED WITH BLOOD-HOUNDS AND RESCUED BY A MASTIFF-ARRIVES IN NEW YORK-HER SON, SAMUEL R. WARD.; CHAPTER XIII. THE ESCAPE OF JIM AND HIS COMPANIONS-NIGHT MEETINGS AMONG THE SLAVES-AN ANGRY SOUTHERNER IN FREDONIA CHAPTER XIV. BLACKSMITH HENRY-WORKS HIS WAY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO BALTIMORE-WRITES HIS OWN PASS AND GETS ON TO SPRINGVILLE, N. Y.-FALLS INTO GOOD HANDS AND GETS SAFELY THROUGH-SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY LIFE-A CHRISTIAN LADY IN KENTUCKY-A PREACHER IN A TIGHT PLACECHAPTER XV. JOE AND ROSA-SOLD-THE ESCAPE-THEY REACH THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF U. G. R. R.-DANGER SIGNALS-THE QUAKER FRIEND-THE MASTER ON THE TRACK - OUTWITTED BY THE QUAKER-SAFE IN WILBERFORCE COLONY CHAPTER XVI. CASSEY ESCAPES FROM BALTIMORE-RETURNS FOR HER CHILD-ESCAPES AGAIN IN SAILOR COSTUME-ELUDES THE SLAVE CATCHER, CATHCART-GOES TO CANADA-RETURNS TO NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.-THE SLAVE CATCHER FINDS HER-A LONG RIDE AND HOW IT CAME OUT-AN INTELLIGENT IRISHMAN-WHAT MARGARET DID FOR HIM |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460650303321 |
Pettit Eber
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Sketches in the history of the Underground railroad / / Eber Pettit ; cover design by Andrea Worthington |
Autore | Pettit Eber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (106 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.44930973 |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
ISBN | 1-4804-4293-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; INTRODUCTORY.; PREFACE.; CHAPTER I. THE SLAVE COFFLE AT WHEELING, VA.-THE KIND-HEARTED LANDLORD-THE GOOD SAMARITAN-THE HUNTERS MISLED-THE ESCAPE.; CHAPTER II. DAN'S TRIP FROM DUNKIRK-SEES HIS MASTER IN THE CAR-R. R. CONDUCTOR'S ADVICE FRIENDS IN NEED-SAFE ARRIVAL IN CANADA.; CHAPTER III. TOM STOWE-HIS VALUE TO HIS MASTER-HIS BOY SOLD AND HIS WIFE DIES-HE FINDS HIS BOY-HIS ESCAPE TO PITTSBURG, AND THENCE TO CANADA.; CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE U. G. R. R. "JO NORTON."
CHAPTER V. JO NORTON, CONTINUED-MAKING THEIR WAY FROM WASHINGTON TO ALBANY-JO GOES TO SCHOOL-LECTURES TO BUY HIS WIFE AND CHILD-SUCCEEDS-THE HAPPY MEETINGCHAPTER VI. "JO NORTON," CONTINUED-HIS QUICKNESS AT REPARTEE-LECTURES IN VILLENOVA-SETTLES IN SYRACUSE-ENFORCING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW-THE "SHADRACH" CASE IN BOSTON-EFFECT ON SYRACUSE AND THE EMPIRE STATE; CHAPTER VII. THE "JERRY RESCUE"-JO NORTON HEADS THE PARTY THAT RESCUES JERRY-EXCITING TIMES IN SYRACUSE-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN CONTEMPT-JO GOES TO CANADA CHAPTER VIII. GEORGE AND CLARA-THEY REACH OBERLIN-HOTLY PURSUED TAKE PASSAGE WITH CAPT. TITUS-RECOGNIZED BY THEIR OWNER-CAPT. TITUS' EXPERIENCE-AN INCIDENT OF THE BURNING OF THE ERIE-ESCAPE OF THE FUGITIVESCHAPTER IX. AN OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRAT-THE U. G. R. R. BUSINESS A MEANS OF POLITICAL CONVERSION; CHAPTER X. TWO DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORS VOTE FOR JAMES K. POLK-AND HAVE A VISIT THE EVENING AFTER ELECTION-THEY BECOME U. G. R. R. AGENTS-THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT CHAPTER XI. TRUE DEMOCRATS VERSUS COPPERHEADS-THE ESCAPE OF STATIE AND LILA-FROM WASHINGTON, D. C., TO WARSAW, N. Y., IN A BOX-PURSUERS FOILED.CHAPTER XII. MARGARET-BORN ON A SLAVE SHIP-CHILDHOOD IN A KIND FAMILY-ANOTHER MASTER, WICKED, CRUEL, AND A COWARD-HER HUSBAND SOLD AND SHE ESCAPES-HUNTED WITH BLOOD-HOUNDS AND RESCUED BY A MASTIFF-ARRIVES IN NEW YORK-HER SON, SAMUEL R. WARD.; CHAPTER XIII. THE ESCAPE OF JIM AND HIS COMPANIONS-NIGHT MEETINGS AMONG THE SLAVES-AN ANGRY SOUTHERNER IN FREDONIA CHAPTER XIV. BLACKSMITH HENRY-WORKS HIS WAY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO BALTIMORE-WRITES HIS OWN PASS AND GETS ON TO SPRINGVILLE, N. Y.-FALLS INTO GOOD HANDS AND GETS SAFELY THROUGH-SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY LIFE-A CHRISTIAN LADY IN KENTUCKY-A PREACHER IN A TIGHT PLACECHAPTER XV. JOE AND ROSA-SOLD-THE ESCAPE-THEY REACH THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF U. G. R. R.-DANGER SIGNALS-THE QUAKER FRIEND-THE MASTER ON THE TRACK - OUTWITTED BY THE QUAKER-SAFE IN WILBERFORCE COLONY CHAPTER XVI. CASSEY ESCAPES FROM BALTIMORE-RETURNS FOR HER CHILD-ESCAPES AGAIN IN SAILOR COSTUME-ELUDES THE SLAVE CATCHER, CATHCART-GOES TO CANADA-RETURNS TO NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.-THE SLAVE CATCHER FINDS HER-A LONG RIDE AND HOW IT CAME OUT-AN INTELLIGENT IRISHMAN-WHAT MARGARET DID FOR HIM |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797850103321 |
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Sketches in the history of the Underground railroad / / Eber Pettit ; cover design by Andrea Worthington |
Autore | Pettit Eber |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (106 p.) |
Disciplina | 301.44930973 |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
ISBN | 1-4804-4293-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Dedication; INTRODUCTORY.; PREFACE.; CHAPTER I. THE SLAVE COFFLE AT WHEELING, VA.-THE KIND-HEARTED LANDLORD-THE GOOD SAMARITAN-THE HUNTERS MISLED-THE ESCAPE.; CHAPTER II. DAN'S TRIP FROM DUNKIRK-SEES HIS MASTER IN THE CAR-R. R. CONDUCTOR'S ADVICE FRIENDS IN NEED-SAFE ARRIVAL IN CANADA.; CHAPTER III. TOM STOWE-HIS VALUE TO HIS MASTER-HIS BOY SOLD AND HIS WIFE DIES-HE FINDS HIS BOY-HIS ESCAPE TO PITTSBURG, AND THENCE TO CANADA.; CHAPTER IV. ORIGIN OF THE U. G. R. R. "JO NORTON."
CHAPTER V. JO NORTON, CONTINUED-MAKING THEIR WAY FROM WASHINGTON TO ALBANY-JO GOES TO SCHOOL-LECTURES TO BUY HIS WIFE AND CHILD-SUCCEEDS-THE HAPPY MEETINGCHAPTER VI. "JO NORTON," CONTINUED-HIS QUICKNESS AT REPARTEE-LECTURES IN VILLENOVA-SETTLES IN SYRACUSE-ENFORCING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW-THE "SHADRACH" CASE IN BOSTON-EFFECT ON SYRACUSE AND THE EMPIRE STATE; CHAPTER VII. THE "JERRY RESCUE"-JO NORTON HEADS THE PARTY THAT RESCUES JERRY-EXCITING TIMES IN SYRACUSE-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN CONTEMPT-JO GOES TO CANADA CHAPTER VIII. GEORGE AND CLARA-THEY REACH OBERLIN-HOTLY PURSUED TAKE PASSAGE WITH CAPT. TITUS-RECOGNIZED BY THEIR OWNER-CAPT. TITUS' EXPERIENCE-AN INCIDENT OF THE BURNING OF THE ERIE-ESCAPE OF THE FUGITIVESCHAPTER IX. AN OLD-FASHIONED DEMOCRAT-THE U. G. R. R. BUSINESS A MEANS OF POLITICAL CONVERSION; CHAPTER X. TWO DEMOCRATIC NEIGHBORS VOTE FOR JAMES K. POLK-AND HAVE A VISIT THE EVENING AFTER ELECTION-THEY BECOME U. G. R. R. AGENTS-THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT CHAPTER XI. TRUE DEMOCRATS VERSUS COPPERHEADS-THE ESCAPE OF STATIE AND LILA-FROM WASHINGTON, D. C., TO WARSAW, N. Y., IN A BOX-PURSUERS FOILED.CHAPTER XII. MARGARET-BORN ON A SLAVE SHIP-CHILDHOOD IN A KIND FAMILY-ANOTHER MASTER, WICKED, CRUEL, AND A COWARD-HER HUSBAND SOLD AND SHE ESCAPES-HUNTED WITH BLOOD-HOUNDS AND RESCUED BY A MASTIFF-ARRIVES IN NEW YORK-HER SON, SAMUEL R. WARD.; CHAPTER XIII. THE ESCAPE OF JIM AND HIS COMPANIONS-NIGHT MEETINGS AMONG THE SLAVES-AN ANGRY SOUTHERNER IN FREDONIA CHAPTER XIV. BLACKSMITH HENRY-WORKS HIS WAY FROM NEW ORLEANS TO BALTIMORE-WRITES HIS OWN PASS AND GETS ON TO SPRINGVILLE, N. Y.-FALLS INTO GOOD HANDS AND GETS SAFELY THROUGH-SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY LIFE-A CHRISTIAN LADY IN KENTUCKY-A PREACHER IN A TIGHT PLACECHAPTER XV. JOE AND ROSA-SOLD-THE ESCAPE-THEY REACH THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF U. G. R. R.-DANGER SIGNALS-THE QUAKER FRIEND-THE MASTER ON THE TRACK - OUTWITTED BY THE QUAKER-SAFE IN WILBERFORCE COLONY CHAPTER XVI. CASSEY ESCAPES FROM BALTIMORE-RETURNS FOR HER CHILD-ESCAPES AGAIN IN SAILOR COSTUME-ELUDES THE SLAVE CATCHER, CATHCART-GOES TO CANADA-RETURNS TO NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.-THE SLAVE CATCHER FINDS HER-A LONG RIDE AND HOW IT CAME OUT-AN INTELLIGENT IRISHMAN-WHAT MARGARET DID FOR HIM |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827884703321 |
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The Underground abductor / / Nathan Hale |
Autore | Hale Nathan <1976-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Amulet Books, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
Disciplina | 741.5973 |
Collana | Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales Series |
Soggetto topico |
Comic books, strips, etc - United States
Fugitive slaves - United States Underground Railroad |
ISBN |
1-64700-778-X
1-61312-761-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Back Cover. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162717703321 |
Hale Nathan <1976->
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William Wells Brown [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Ezra Greenspan |
Autore | Brown William Wells <1814?-1884.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GreenspanEzra |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-55337-2
0-8203-3634-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Writing fugitive slave autobiography -- Writing antislavery oratory -- Writing African American travelogue -- Writing African American fiction -- Writing African American drama -- Writing African American history -- Writing African American Civil War history -- Writing African American memoir. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792336003321 |
Brown William Wells <1814?-1884.>
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William Wells Brown [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Ezra Greenspan |
Autore | Brown William Wells <1814?-1884.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GreenspanEzra |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-55337-2
0-8203-3634-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Writing fugitive slave autobiography -- Writing antislavery oratory -- Writing African American travelogue -- Writing African American fiction -- Writing African American drama -- Writing African American history -- Writing African American Civil War history -- Writing African American memoir. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816970703321 |
Brown William Wells <1814?-1884.>
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William Wells Brown [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Ezra Greenspan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina | 818/.409 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GreenspanEzra |
Soggetto topico | Fugitive slaves - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-55337-2
0-8203-3634-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Writing fugitive slave autobiography -- Writing antislavery oratory -- Writing African American travelogue -- Writing African American fiction -- Writing African American drama -- Writing African American history -- Writing African American Civil War history -- Writing African American memoir. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459340303321 |
Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2008 | ||
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