Underground Railroad in Delaware, The

Michael J. Morgan

• Verlag: The History Press
• Jahr: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781439677728
• Thema: Histoire
• Thema: Histoire de l'Amérique du Nord

Read the stories of freedom seekers as they passed through Delaware in the decades before the Civil War. Countless men and women traveled to freedom on an informal network of back roads and friendly houses that comprised the Delaware Underground Railroad. Traveling at night and guided by the North Star, Harriet Tubman journeyed through the First State on her initial escape from enslavement, and she heroically retuned here more than ten times to lead others out of the prison of slavery. Frederick Douglass, the eloquent spokesman for abolition, traveled the Delaware Underground Railroad on his escape from bondage. Often assisted by the Quaker businessman Thomas Garrett, these freedom seekers blazed an unmatched trail of cunning and bravery. Local author Michael Morgan tells the remarkable story of this dark and neglected chapter in Delaware history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Prologue
• 1. Surveying the Route
• 2. Laying the First Tracks
• 3. Delaware’s Underground Railroad Starts Rolling
• 4. Harriet Tubman in Delaware
• 5. Violence on the Track
• 6. Taking Up the Tracks
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Author