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Making freedom : the Underground Railroad and the politics of slavery

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Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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R.J.M. Blackett.
ISBN
9781469608778
1469608774
Author
Blackett, R. J. M.,
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
xii, 122 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-116) and index.
Contents
Making their way to freedom -- The workings of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law -- Taking leave: fugitive slaves and the politics of slavery -- Conclusion: Counternarratives.
Summary
The 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which mandated action to aid in the recovery of runaway slaves and denied fugitives legal rights if they were apprehended, quickly became a focal point in the debate over the future of slavery and the nature of the union. In Making Freedom, R. J. M. Blackett uses the experiences of escaped slaves and those who aided them to explore the inner workings of the Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, while shedding light on the political effects of slave escape in southern states, border states, and the North. Blackett highlights the lives of those who escaped, the impact of the fugitive slave cases, and the extent to which slaves planning to escape were aided by free blacks, fellow slaves, and outsiders who went south to entice them to escape. Using these stories of particular individuals, moments, and communities, Blackett shows how slave flight shaped national politics as the South witnessed slavery beginning to collapse and the North experienced a threat to its freedom. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States.
Fugitive slaves - United States.
Underground Railroad.
Slavery - United States
Fugitive slaves.
Fugitive slaves
Politics and government
Slavery
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B628
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Legal practice and pragmatics in the law : the 1821 trials of John Reed, "Fugitive Slave"

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Author
Linda Myrsiades.
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Linda Myrsiades.
Author
Linda Myrsiades.
Physical Description
305-338 p.
Summary
"JOHN REED, A PERSON OF COLOR, had come to Pennsylvania from Maryland,representing himself as a free man, some two or three years before the events that led to hisbeing tried for two murders. To the reporters who publicized his case in the Chester CountyVillage Record,“it appeared sufficiently clear” that Reed was the child of the slave Maria, who had been a queen in her native Africa." [from the text]
Subjects
Reed, John.
Griffith, Samuel.
United States.
Trials.
Slavery - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Slavery - Maryland.
Contained In
The Pennsylvania Magazine orf History and Biography, v. 138, no. 3, July, 2014.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 138, no.3
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A dynasty of water : the story of American Water Works Company

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Author
Cross, Gilbert,
Date of Publication
1991.
Call Number
363.6 C951
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Responsibility
by Gilbert Cross.
ISBN
0961904917
9780961904913
Author
Cross, Gilbert,
Place of Publication
Voorhees, N.J
Publisher
American Water Works Co.,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
xii, 309 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Ware, John H., Jr., - 1888-1963.
American Water Works Company - History.
American Water Works Company.
Waterworks - United States
Waterworks.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
363.6 C951
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Signed gooseneck American copper tea kettles : a pictorial dictionary

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Author
Horvath, Don.
Date of Publication
[©1995]
Call Number
739.511 H823s
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Author
Horvath, Don.
Place of Publication
[Mt. Morris, Pa.]
Publisher
[Don Horvath],
Date of Publication
[©1995]
Physical Description
5 leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Cover title.
Subjects
Teapots - United States - Pictorial works.
Copperwork - United States - Pictorial works.
Decorative arts, Early American - Pictorial works.
Copperwork.
Decorative arts, Early American.
Teapots.
United States.
History.
Pictorial works.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
739.511 H823s
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Pennsylvania real daughters : whose Revolutionary War fathers heard the patriotic call

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Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Date of Publication
[2013]
Call Number
369.133 M168
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Responsibility
Roberta Patton McMullen, PSSDAR State Regent, 2013-2016.
ISBN
9780988497016
0988497018
Author
McMullen, Roberta Patton.
Place of Publication
[Quarryville, PA]
Publisher
[Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution],
Date of Publication
[2013]
Physical Description
xii, 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
1
Jones, Isaac, - c. 1755-1841.
Lee, Eliza A. Jones, - 1827-1901.
White, Lydia A. Leonard, - 1827-1908.
Leonard, George, - 1755-1853.
Heckler, Anne Stager, - 1818-1907.
Stager, Henry, - 1759-1841.
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Women - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Women.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Biography.
Genealogy.
History.
Additional Corporate Author
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
369.133 M168
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The American soul : rediscovering the wisdom of the founders

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Author
Needleman, Jacob.
Date of Publication
©2002.
Call Number
973.21 N374
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  2 websites  
Responsibility
Jacob Needleman.
ISBN
1585421383
9781585421381
Author
Needleman, Jacob.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
J.P. Tarcher/Putnam,
Date of Publication
©2002.
Physical Description
xxii, 371 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361).
Summary
Examines how the spiritual beliefs and vision of America's founders shaped the country's history and culture and assesses the influence of the spiritual traditions of African slaves, Native Americans, and early mystical communities on colonial America.
"An eclectic mixture of autobiography, U.S. intellectual history, philosophical inquiry, and spiritual wonderment, this extended meditative essay examines "America as an Idea" by uncovering the latent wisdom of many of its shining lights: Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman. Needleman, a philosophy professor and author of Money and the Meaning of Life, reinterprets the lives of each of these leaders in the context of their strong spiritual beliefs and their contributions to unifying a deeply divided body politic. The author liberally quotes classical philosophers, historians, biographers, and the subjects themselves, and he often interjects his own life experiences and spiritual beliefs into his loosely structured narrative. Needleman also tackles what he considers to be America's two most grievous historical blemishes: the murder of Native American culture and slavery and suggests how America should confront these wrongs." [from the "Library Journal"]
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad - 1690-1768.
Miller, Peter - 1709-1796.
Widman, Michael.
Ephrata Cloister (Pa.).
National characteristics, American.
Social values - United States.
Spirituality - United States.
Moral conditions.
Social values.
Spirituality.
United States - History.
United States - Moral conditions.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.21 N374
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2001046311-b.html
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2001046311-d.html
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A slave family

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Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Date of Publication
©2003.
Call Number
973.049 K14
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  1 website  
Responsibility
Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop.
ISBN
0778707466
9780778707462
077870792X
9780778707929
0613529081
9780613529082
Author
Kalman, Bobbie.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Crabtree Pub.,
Date of Publication
©2003.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Series
Colonial people
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Quasheba's family -- Slavery in the colonies -- Slave families -- Marriage and children -- Helping one another -- The lives of slave children -- The education of slaves -- Field hands -- House servants -- Tradespeople -- Culture from Africa -- The cost of freedom.
Summary
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.
Subjects
Slaves - United States - Juvenile literature.
Plantation life - United States - Juvenile literature.
African American families - Juvenile literature.
African Americans - Juvenile literature.
African American families.
African Americans.
Plantation life.
Slaves
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Juvenile literature.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States.
United States - History - 1600-1775, Colonial period - Juvenile literature.
USHISTORY-SLAVES-JUVLIT.
History.
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Bishop, Amanda.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.049 K14
Websites
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009945191&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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The Christiana Riot and the treason trials of 1851 : an historical sketch

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Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1911
right to regulate its own domestic institutions; and that right was expressly recognized and guaranteed even by the Republican party and by Abraham Lincoln long after the outbreak of the Civil War. The slavery questions upon which political parties differed up to 1851 were not disputes as to the rights
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
iii, 1-134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 8 [supplement]
Notes
Supplement to Lancaster County Historical Journal of October 1911
Subjects
United States.
Trials.
Riots - Pennsylvania - Christiana.
Slavery - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Christiana
Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 8 [supplement] (1911), p. 1-134Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Stealing freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line : Thomas McCreary, the notorious slave catcher from Maryland

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Author
Diggins, Milt,
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
973.7115 D573
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Responsibility
Milt Diggins.
ISBN
9780984213542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0984213546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780996594448
0996594442
Author
Diggins, Milt,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
The Maryland Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
Contents
The maelstrom -- A failed compromise -- "Hanging the first abolitionist that they should catch in Maryland" -- The trials of Rachel Parker -- Kidnapper...or slave catcher? -- End of an era.
Summary
"This is the story of Thomas McCreary, a slave catcher from Cecil County, Maryland. Reviled by some, proclaimed a hero by others, he first drew public attention in the late 1840s for a career that peaked a few years after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Living and working as he did at the midpoint between Philadelphia, an important center for assisting fugitive slaves, and Baltimore, a major port in the slave trade, his story illustrates in raw detail the tensions that arose along the border between slavery and freedom just prior to the Civil War. McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation's political and visceral divide." [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
McCreary, Thomas, - -1870.
United States.
Slavery - Maryland
Fugitive slaves - Maryland
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 D573
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Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938

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Corporate Author
United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.
Date of Publication
1937?]
Call Number
920.073 U58
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Responsibility
assembled by the United States Sesquicentennial Commission.
Corporate Author
United States. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission.
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C
Publisher
The Commission,
Date of Publication
1937?]
Physical Description
173 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
United States. - Constitutional Convention - (1787) - Centennial celebrations, etc.
United States. - Signers - Portraits - Exhibitions.
United States.
Portraits, American
Statesmen - United States
Additional Corporate Author
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
920.073 U58
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