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Making of African America: The four great migrations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21093
Author
Berlin, Ira,
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
326 B515
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Alternate Title
The making of African America.
Responsibility
by Ira Berlin.
ISBN
9780670021376
0670021377
Author
Berlin, Ira,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Viking,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
304 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Movement and place in the African American past -- The transatlantic passage -- The passage to the interior -- The passage to the north -- Global passages.
Summary
Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of North America known as the Middle Passage; the relocation of one million slaves to the interior of the antebellum South; the movement of six million blacks to the industrial cities of the north and west a century later; and, since the late 1960s, the arrival of black immigrants from Africa, the Americas, and Europe. These epic migrations have made and remade African American life. This new account evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America. Historian Ira Berlin finds a dynamic of change in which eras of deep rootedness alternate with eras of massive movement, tradition giving way to innovation. The culture of black America is constantly evolving, affected by (and affecting) places as far away from one another as Biloxi, Chicago, Kingston, and Lagos.--From publisher description.
Subjects
African Americans
Slave trade - United States
Slave trade - Atlantic Ocean
Migration, Internal - United States
Emigration and immigration.
Social science
Africa - Emigration and immigration.
United States - Slavery and bondage - History.
United States - Minorities - History.
United States - Emigration and immigration - History.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 B515
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On the edge of freedom : the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870

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Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
326 S645
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Responsibility
David G. Smith.
ISBN
9780823240326 (cloth : alk. paper)
0823240320 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Smith, David G.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Fordham University Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
The North's Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on the Edge of Freedom -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonization, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The decline of the Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-28 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.
Subjects
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Antislavery movements - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania.
Borderlands - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Borderlands.
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Race relations.
Underground Railroad.
Pennsylvania - Race relations - History - 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 S645
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Freedom by the sword : the U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867

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Author
Dobak, William A.,
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
973.7415 D632
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Responsibility
by William A. Dobak.
ISBN
9780160866951
0160866952
9780160866968
0160866960
Author
Dobak, William A.,
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
U.S. Army Center of Military History,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
xvi, 553 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 26 cm.
Series
Army historical series
CMH pub ; 30-24-1
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-532) and index.
Contents
Mustering in : Federal policy on emancipation and recruitment -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1861-1863 -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1863-1865 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1862-1863 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1863-1865 -- The Mississippi River and its tributaries, 1861-1863 -- Along the Mississippi River, 1863-1865 -- Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kansas, 1863-1865 -- Middle Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, 1863-1865 -- North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1864 -- Virginia, May-October 1864 -- Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1864-1865 -- South Texas, 1864-1867 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1867 -- Conclusion.
Subjects
United States. - Army - African American troops - History
African American soldiers
Free African Americans
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7415 D632
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The incident at Quigg's tavern

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Author
Plumbley, Nancy.
Date of Publication
2014.
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Responsibility
by Nancy Plumbley
Author
Plumbley, Nancy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
74-91 p.
Subjects
Smedley, Robert C.
Quigg's Tavern.
Underground Railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
Sadsbury (Pa. : Township) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 3 (2014), p. 74-91Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

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Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
by Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
102-113 p.
Summary
"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
Subjects
Free African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

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Date of Publication
©2014.
Call Number
286.5 M627
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ISBN
9781601264213
1601264216
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren,
Date of Publication
©2014.
Physical Description
vi, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.) - History.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Middle Creek - History.
Middle Creek (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Corporate Author
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.5 M627
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In search of Robert Boston : Race and resistance in Antebellum Lancaster County

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
2010.
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Responsibility
by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr., PhD.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
82-101 p. : illus, photo. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"A relationship between [Thaddeus] Stevens and...[Robert Boston] is an important counter narrative. Most traditional accounts of the local Underground Railroad activity emphasize the actions of white stationmasters such as William Wright in Columbia or Daniel Gibbons in Bird-in-Hand. African-American involvement while not ignored is generally presented as being of secondary importance. Each demonstrable piece of evidence of Black involvement in effort to combat slavery strengthens arguments for a tradition of Black agency and necessitates a reassessment of the lives and experiences of African Americans in the Antebellum Era."
Subjects
Boston, Robert.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 112, number 3/4 (2010), p. 82-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.112
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Register for Stevens Greenland memorial cemetery

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Date of Publication
2010
Call Number
310.35 S844
. Henry (4/3/1934) (top of Lucy Dade) Paid in full 1/5/1926 Burials: James Handy (12/24/1938) 2 -William P. Handy ยท died 6/8/1978; burial 6/12/1978 Bethel AM.E. Church in Stevens Greenland -Sara E. Hogan died 3/10/80 Lancashire Hall burial 3/14/1980 Bethel AM.E. Church in Stevens Greenland Cemetery #8
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Place of Publication
Photocopy
Date of Publication
2010
Physical Description
22 pg., 7 pgs. : 28 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 245, #28.
Subjects
Stevens-Greenland Cemetery (Lancaster, Pa.)
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
African Americans
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 S844
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Women for victory : American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series

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Author
Goebel, Kay Endruschat.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
940.5382 G593
940.5302 G593
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Alternate Title
American servicewomen in World War II, history & uniforms series
Responsibility
by Katy Endruschat Goebel.
ISBN
9780764339592
0764339591
9780764352034
0764352032
Author
Goebel, Kay Endruschat.
Place of Publication
Atglen, PA
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
volumes <1-2> : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"[This work serves as a] reference for American servicewomen's history and uniforms of WWII, and is designed for scholars of women's or military history, veterans, collectors, re-enactors and others interested in the history and dress of servicewomen on active military service. Carefully researched historical background information about the female wartime services is combined with comprehensive documentation of their distinctive uniforms. Color photos of original clothing and accessories, modeled in full-length studies and supported by close-up views, show various uniforms and insignia in detail. The text and color photographic portions are supplemented by original wartime photos, many previously unpublished, as well as documents, tables, and drawings"--Publisher's description.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
Armed Forces
Women.
Military Personnel
Women
Clothing
History of Nursing.
World War II.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - History - 20th century.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - History - 20th century.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Uniforms - Pictorial works.
United States - Armed Forces - Women - Insignia - Pictorial works.
United States - Armed Forces - Nurses - Pictorial works.
United States.
History.
Pictorial works.
Pictorial Work.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
940.5382 G593
940.5302 G593
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