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Making of African America: The four great migrations

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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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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
Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 102-113.
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
Ford, Maria Proctor
Proctor, Jeremiah
Ford, Ellen Isabella
Proctor, James
Proctor, Hannah
Ford, John
Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American Methodists
Underground Railroad
Slavery - America - History
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
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=26c0eacb34d45cdaf9bdaa6f6cac8b13
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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
Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr., PhD.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
pp. 82-101 : 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
African American barbers
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
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=64e48f0e5bf430ae24a4df770ffe4ebb
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A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

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Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
284.1 P294
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Responsibility
by Joan Habecker Patches.
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Place of Publication
Brownstown, ,:Pa
Publisher
Steffy Printing, Inc.,
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliography.
Contents
Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.
Subjects
Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township)
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township)
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 P294
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Pastors & patriots : the Muhlenberg family of Pennsylvania

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Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 45, no. 1
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Alternate Title
Pastors and patriots
Responsibility
by Lisa Minardi.
ISBN
9781889136233
1889136239
Author
Minardi, Lisa,
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Penn
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
xii, 95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.), genealogical table ; 28 cm.
Notes
"This catalogue is a special edition of Der Reggeboge, journal of the Pennsylvania German Society, volume 45, 2011, number 1."
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, honoring the 300th anniversary of the birth of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-94).
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, - 1711-1787 - Exhibitions.
Muhlenberg family.
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College - Catalogs.
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Antiquities.
Additional Corporate Author
Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v. 45, no. 1
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The incident at Quigg's tavern

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Author
Plumley, Nancy.
Date of Publication
2014.
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Responsibility
Nancy Plumley
Author
Plumley, Nancy.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
pp. 74-91.
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), pp. 74-91Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115
Websites
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Register for Stevens Greenland memorial cemetery

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Date of Publication
2010
Call Number
310.35 S844
Mennonite Church Office of Stevens Greenland: 516 S. Duke Street #176 BLANK 13 Section B #177 Wm. and Marie Carr deded in 10/6/65 date of deed 6/4/59 (receipt fro $10 from Mr. Roy Carter for opening Mrs. Marie Nash) William Butcher died 3/22/86 in Lancaster, PA . Burial in Wm. & Marie Carr's lot Saturday
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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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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
745 E12
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Alternate Title
Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Responsibility
Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.
ISBN
9780911122633
091112263X
Author
Earnest, Corinne P.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Published by the Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
Subjects
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Earnest, Russell D.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745 E12
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