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.
The flowering of the Maryland palatinate; an intimate and objective history of the Province of Maryland to the overthrow of proprietary rule in 1654, with accounts of Lord Baltimore's settlement at Avalon
American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
384 p. illus. (part col.), facsims. (part col.), maps (part col.), ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: A world to take - England stakes a claim - The land they found - Atlantic foothold - Religious havens - The people who came - Competition for colonies - Burdens and blessings - The settlers prosper - Year of expansion - Making a living - The long conflict begins - Peace and war - Colonial life - Duel for empire - The sociable colonists - Britannia rules - Social and intellectual life - The colonies mature - Eve of revolution - Road to independence.
Summary
"Illustrated history of contemporary events and conditions in America, from 1492 to 1776." [from the publisher]
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
3 v. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
v. 1. General studies. Women and girls during the Revolutionary era ; Women's biography ; American girls ; African American women ; Native American women ; Women and girls in the Revolutionary era, miscellaneous topics -- Women in the family and in society. Women, the family, and genealogy ; Women as mothers and their children ; Women working in the home and elsewhere ; Women's roles in society and interactions with others ; Women's rights and legal status ; The religious experiences of American women during the Revolutionary era ; Women and the American economy ; Women adn crime --
v. 1 (cont.). Women, culture, education, and creative arts. Women's cultural life and activities ; Women, girls, and education ; Women, writing, reading and creating on paper ; Women and the influence of classical themes ; Women and the folklore of the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls in historical fiction set during the Revolutionary era ; Women, art, and artists during the Revolutionary era ; Women and girls, textiles, needlework, and similar creative activities ; Women's and girls' clothing and costume -- Women, girls, and the war effort during the American Revolution. Women who supplied guns, gunpowder, and materials to the military ; Women in crowds, mobs, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc. ; Women as spies, messengers, warners, etc. ; Women on the move --
v. 2. Women and girls of the regions and states of the United States. New England women (generally) ; The women of Maine ; The women of New Hampshire ; The women of Vermont ; The women of Massachusetts ; The women of Rhode Island ; The women of Connecticut ; The women of the Mid-Atlantic states (generally) ; The women of New York ; The women of New Jersey ; The women of Pennsylvania ; The women of Delaware ; Southern women (generally) ; The women of Maryland ; The women of Virginia (includes modern West Virginia) ; The women of North Carolina ; The women of South Carolina ; The women of Georgia ; Women on the frontier ; The women of Kentucky ; The women of Tennessee ; The women of the Old Northwest and the Ohio Valley ; Women of the Spanish and French borderland areas now part of the United States ; Women and girls of the British Empire and the American Revolution.
x, 390 p. illus., facsim., map (on lining papers) ports. 25 cm.
Series
[His George Washington, v. 1]
Notes
"Source references": p. 361-377.
Summary
This is the first of 4 volumes by this author on the life of Washington. It deals with his life from birth until the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
v. 1. From a native American wilderness to 1744 -- v. 2. 1744-1748, the peaceful years -- v. 3 1748-1750, settlement expansion -- v. 4 survey and land claims before 1757 --v. 5 a path to destruction -- v. 6 The French and Indian War and frontier devastation 1755-1761.
Lower Paxton Township Bi-centennial, 1767-1967; an anniversary celebration commemorating the 200th year of the founding of Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
"The present work is a substantial revision of our earlier work entitled No Crooked Death, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1991"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).
Contents
"That quiet sabbath evening" -- "A conspiracy of silence" -- "A disgraceful travesty of justice" -- "To humiliate the administration of justice" -- "An American tragedy."
Summary
"On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the books original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community."--Page [4] of cover.
141 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-119) and index.
Contents
Foreword by Paula Reed -- Introduction -- The forces behind Scots-Irish migration -- Migration was a family affair -- An ocean crossing and a new life -- The frontier beckons -- Pioneer agriculture -- Terror on the frontier -- Return to the textile business -- Religion's central role in McCullogh's life -- McCullogh the businessman -- Writing in code -- Postscript -- Bibliography/references -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: James McCullogh's travels -- Appendix 2: Petition of McColoch (McCullough).
Summary
A facsimile of McCullogh's journal can be found on our shelves at 973.46 S798a.
