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A black underground : resistance to slavery, 1833-1860

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12348
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
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by Charles Blockson.
Author
Blockson, Charles L.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
p. 29 - 33.
Series
Pennsylvania Heritage ; v. 4, no. 1
Notes
Pennsylvania Heritage, v. 4, no. 1 (December 1977).
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
African American abolitionists - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHMC v. 4
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Bound for Canaan : the underground railroad and the war for the soul of America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15419
Author
Bordewich, Fergus M.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
973.7115 B728
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Responsibility
Fergus M. Bordewich.
ISBN
0060524308 (acidfree paper)
Author
Bordewich, Fergus M.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Amistad,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xv, 540 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [440]-519) and index.
Contents
Beginnings: 1800 to 1830 -- Connections: The 1830s -- Confrontation: The 1840s -- Victory: The 1850s.
Summary
Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion, which brought together Easterners who had engaged in slavery primarily in the abstract alongside slaveholding Southerners and their slaves, arose a clash of values that evolved into a fierce fight for nothing less than the country's soul. Beginning six decades before the Civil War, freedom-seeking blacks and pious whites worked together to save tens of thousands of lives, often at the risk of great physical danger to themselves. Not since the American Revolution had the country engaged in an act of such vast and profound civil disobedience that not only subverted federal law but also went against prevailing mores.Flawlessly researched and uncommonly engaging, Bound for Canaan, shows why it was the Underground Railroad and not the Civil Rights movement that gave birth to this country's first racially-integrated, religiously-inspired movement for social change. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Underground railroad.
Antislavery movements - United States
Fugitive slaves - United States
Abolitionists - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 B728
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Bound for the future : child heroes of the Underground Railroad

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Author
Shectman, Jonathan,
Date of Publication
c2012.
Call Number
973.7115 S539
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Responsibility
Jonathan Shectman.
ISBN
9780313397271 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
0313397279 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
9780313397288 (ebook)
0313397287 (ebook)
Author
Shectman, Jonathan,
Place of Publication
Santa Barbara, Calif
Publisher
Praeger,
Date of Publication
c2012.
Physical Description
xiii, 215 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
''Child Heroes of the Underground Railroad illuminates the vital contributions of specific, underappreciated child activists within the extremely local circumstances of their daily work. It also provides meaningful context to the actions of these young activists within the much broader social practice of resisting slavery, and offers fresh insight into the complicated question of who was responsible for ending slavery. Through a thorough examination of these subjects, author Jonathan Shectman proves his central thesis: in many specific cases, children were the essential lifeblood of the Underground Railroad's operational workforce." ( amazon.com )
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index.
Contents
The dictates of humanity -- Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave -- Ran away from the subscriber -- Tell them I love them all -- Let not the sun go down on your anger, my boy -- Up like bucks: the Rankin boys -- States of matter divide the states -- Deeds of bold daring -- Many years under the yoke -- The conductor was, himself, presently enslaved.
Part I. Radical, young, and quaker: child pioneers of the underground -- Part II. Up like bucks: the line through Ripley -- Part III. Taking their freedom: young free blacks and fugitive children.
Subjects
Underground Railroad.
Fugitive slaves - United States
Antislavery movements - United States
Abolitionists - United States - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 S539
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Broadside

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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Campaign broadside, written on behalf of George M. Steinman, Democratic candidate for Congress opposing Thaddeus Stevens
Object ID
MG0115_P01_OvrszdB01_F002
Date Range
1862
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Collection
Thaddeus Stevens Collection
Title
Campaign broadside, written on behalf of George M. Steinman, Democratic candidate for Congress opposing Thaddeus Stevens
Description
Reproduction of an [1862] campaign broadside. "To the people of Lancaster County! A few facts in the political history of Thaddeus Stevens." Written on behalf of George M. Steinman, Democratic candidate for Congress opposing Thaddeus Stevens. An 1843 letter written by Henry Clay to Rev. Colton, in which he expresses opposition to Abolition and supports States rights regarding the institution of slavery, is added at the bottom of the broadside.
"The people of Lancaster County have the case fairly stated, and it will be for them to determine at the ballot box, whether they will be any longer willing to basely bow the knee to the dark spirit of Abolitionism, which broods over our once happy country like a death pall, and saddle themselves and their posterity with a grievous burthen of debt to free and support in idleness four millions of negroes; or whether, by electing George M. Steinman, a pure and honest man, and a true patriot, they will cling to the Constitution and the Union of our fathers, as 'the shipwrecked mariner clings to the last plank, when night and the tempest close around him,' to use the language of the great Webster, and drive the foul spirits of disunion--Abolitionism and secession--'to the vile depths from which they sprung, unwept, unhonored, and unsung.'"
Reproduction on vinyl from the original at Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Folio BrSides Cb4A 1862).
Date Range
1862
Creation Date
[1862]
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Clay, Henry
Steinman, George Michael
Stevens, Thaddeus
Subjects
Abolitionists
Lawyers
Legislators--United States
Politicians
Search Terms
Abolitionists
Congressmen
Lawyers
Legislators
Politicians
Stevens and Smith Center
Extent
1 item, 1 page scanned
Object Name
Broadside
Language
English
Object ID
MG0115_P01_OvrszdB01_F002
Location of Originals
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Folio BrSides Cb4A 1862) https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16854312
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-115, Part 1
Other Number
MG-115, Part 1, Oversized Box 1, Oversized Folder 2
Classification
MG0115
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Added to database 21 February 2024.
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The early abolitionists of Lancaster County

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Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1911
The Early Abolitionists of Lancaster County, In giving a history of the Abolition movement in Lancaster county,or else- where, the question seems first to arise, what is specially meant by the term "Abolitionist." The indiscrimin- ate manner in which it was used sixty years ago against every person
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Responsibility
by Thomas Whitson, Esq.
Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
69-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 3
Subjects
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 3 (1911), p. 69-85Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Forgotten abolitionist : John A.J. Creswell of Maryland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20458
Author
Osborne, John Morton,
Date of Publication
2015.
[2016]
©2015
Call Number
923.2 C923
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  1 website  
Responsibility
John M. Osborne and Christine Bombaro ; foreword by Matthew Pinsker.
ISBN
9780996932103
0996932100
Author
Osborne, John Morton,
Place of Publication
Carlisle, PA
Publisher
House Divided Project at Dickinson College,
Dickinson College Print Center,
Date of Publication
2015.
[2016]
©2015
Physical Description
iv, 60 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Notes
Unique, locally printed version; varies slightly in pagination and layout from the online version.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"This gripping biography from historians John Osborne and Christine Bombaro captures the story of an unlikely political hero who helped destroy American slavery. John A.J. Creswell was a son of the slaveholding South, a native of Maryland who attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in the 1840s. Creswell then became a leading Maryland Democrat and conservative businessman before the war. He did not speak out against the peculiar institution until deep into the secession conflict and then only under the pressure of wartime necessity. Yet he became one of the most pivotal abolitionists in the country. In 1864, Creswell helped secure passage of an antislavery constitution in Maryland, the first (and only) popular vote for abolition in any U.S. state. He also led off the final congressional debates for the Thirteenth Amendment in January 1865, with an eloquent address that showcased the changing times. Nor did Creswell stop with this newfound embrace of freedom. After the war, the Marylander also became an unlikely advocate for equality of opportunity. While serving as a Postmaster General during the Grant Administration, Creswell helped to integrate and modernize the federal post office system. Ultimately, John A.J. Creswell proved to be one of the more important American politicians of the nineteenth century, because he embraced the future in ways that many of his contemporaries simply never could."
Subjects
Creswell, John A. J., - 1828-1891.
Abolitionists - United States - Biography.
Postmasters general - United States - Biography.
Antislavery movements - United States.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
Postmasters general.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
Additional Author
Bombaro, Christine,
Pinsker, Matthew,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 C923
Websites
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/585258
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The Germantown Protest: origins of abolitionism among the German residents of southeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20344
Author
Hopkins, Leroy
Call Number
Available at F&M
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Responsibility
by Leroy T. Hopkins.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy
Physical Description
19-29 p.
Notes
In: Yearbook of the Society for German American Studies, v.23 (1988) available ata F&M College.
Subjects
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania
Slavery - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania.
Germantown (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
Available at F&M
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History of the Underground railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4319
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Date of Publication
1883.
Call Number
973.7115 S637
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Responsibility
By R.C. Smedley, M.D. ...
Author
Smedley, Robert C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Office of the Journal,
Date of Publication
1883.
Physical Description
3 p. ø., [ix]-xxiv, [25]-407 p. front., illus., ports. 19 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Fugitive salves - Pennsylvania
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
973.7115 S637
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History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the neighboring counties of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15186
Author
Smedley, R. C.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
973.7115 S637 2005
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Responsibility
R.C. Smedley ; introduction by Christopher Densmore.
ISBN
0811731898
Author
Smedley, R. C.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Stackpole Books,
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
xx, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : Office of the Journal, 1883.
Includes index.
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society.
Summary
This book was written in 1883 by Robert Clemons Smedley, a Chester County Pennsylvania physician who interviewed participants in the underground railroad. He was not a historian and was not unbiased. But he is considered to have been conscientious in his efforts to record the stories he was told. He wrote about events as described to him by person who themselves were involved, both those fleeing slavery and those assisting them.Topics in chapters 1 & 2 include William Wright and Columbia, PA. Chapter 8 is about the "Christiana Tragedy".
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Chester County
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Biography.
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Biography.
Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7115 S637 2005
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Letter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f9c8955c-945b-42d9-9e58-316935995957
Collection
Brinton Family Collection
Title
Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson
Object ID
MG0038_F021_In04
Date Range
1873/07/04
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Collection
Brinton Family Collection
Title
Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson
Description
Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson, which mentions the disbanding jubilee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.
Date Range
1873/07/04
Creation Date
4 July 1873
Creator
Bacon, Benjamin C.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
Storage Container
Box 0001
People
Bacon, Benjamin C.
Whitson, Martha Hobson
Subjects
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Letters
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Search Terms
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Correspondence
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society
Extent
1 item, 5 pages to scan
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Object ID
MG0038_F021_In04
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Letter from Benjamin Bacon to Martha Whitson, 4 July 1873, Brinton Family Collection (MG0038), MG0038_F021_In04, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.
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Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-38
Other Number
MG-38, Folder 21, Insert 4
Classification
MG0038
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Box 1 was recataloged by JB, Fall semester 2006. Added to database 5 January 2022.
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