Underground Railroad (eBook)

Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts

William Still (Autor)

Ian Finseth (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
304 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13122-1 (ISBN)

Infos

From a "conductor" who assisted runaway slaves in their flight to freedom, here is a collection of letters, newspaper articles, and firsthand accounts about refugees' narrow escapes and deadly struggles. Over 50 illustrations.

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In the winter of 1852, a group of Philadelphia abolitionists dedicated to assisting runaway slaves in their flight to freedom formed a new assistance group to be part of the Underground Railroad—the General Vigilance Committee. William Still, himself a son of slaves, was named its secretary and executive director. Deeply moved by the stories of the fugitive slaves he helped conduct northward, Still took his committee record-keeping to a higher level. He wrote down, in eloquent narrative form, every detail of their stirring, often heartbreaking histories.Second only to the great Harriet Tubman in the number of freedom-seeking "e;passengers"e; he conducted through the Underground Railroad, Still let the words of former slaves speak for themselves. In his journals, he painstakingly reproduced vivid accounts he heard from their very lips. And he added excerpts from letters, newspapers, and legal documents to the already arresting biographical sketches, creating unforgettable portraits of the slaves' deadly struggles, brutal hardships, and narrow escapes.When the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, William Still published his journals as The Underground Railroad. It is considered the most complete firsthand account ever written of the men, women, and children who rode the legendary "e;Railroad"e; to freedom. This edition includes a new Introduction and 20 illustrations from the original publication.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2012
• Reihe/Serie: African American
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 2016 • abolished slavery • Abolitionists • African Americans • American History • american slavery • araminta • auction block • Black America • Black History • black lives • Blacks • black slaves • black woman • Bondage • books on american slaveries • books on black america • books on black lives • books on cora 's stories • books on frederick douglas • books on fugitive slaves • books on georgia cottons • books on georgia plantations • books on living prisons • books on peter friedman • books on rail roads • books on slave acts • books on slave experiences • books on slave laws • books on slave narratives • books on uncle toms • books on white folks • bordewich • Caesar • Canaan • catherine clinton • Civil disobedience • club pick • Colson Whitehead • conductors • coras • cora's journey • cora's mother • cora's story • cotton plantation • dark period • Deep South • doubleday • enslaved people • escaped slaves • fergus • Frederick Douglas • Frederick Douglass • fugitives • fugitive slaves • georgia cotton • georgia plantation • Harriet Tubman • helping slaves • henry bibb • henson • historical accuracy • intuitionist • jermain • Jim Crow • live prison • living prison • mother mabel • Nalle • Native Americans • newly freed • Nineteenth century • oprahs • Peculiar institution • peter friedman • Quakers • Race relations • rail road • Randall • records • Ridgeway • Runaway slaves • slave act • slave born • slave catchers • slave experience • slave girl • slave law • slave narratives • slave owners • slaves escape • South Carolina • sterilization • terrance • true limits • tubman's life • tuskegee • uncle tom • underground railway • white folk • whiteheads • White House • whites
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13122-X / 048613122X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13122-1 / 9780486131221